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An  Irish  Quaker's  Certificate  of  Removal  to  Pennsylvania.  1729 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

into  Pennsylvania 

1682-1750 

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ALBERT   COOK    MYERS,  M.L. 

Member  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania 


"There  is  not  one  of  the  family  but  what  likes  the  country  very  well  and 
wod  If  we  were  in  Ireland  again  come  here  Directly  it  being  the  best  country 
for  working  folk  &  tradesmen  of  any  in  the  world,  but  for  Drunkards  and 
Idlers,  they  cannot  live  well   any  \v\\^v&."—L€tter  0/  an  Irish  Quaker,  ijzs- 


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PREFACE 

This  volume  is  the  outerowth  of  an  iiivestiwa- 
tion  begun  in  the  year  1897,  ^'i*^  carried  on  at 
intervals  to  the  present  time.  While  the  move- 
ment of  the  Encrlish  and  Welsh  Quakers  to 
Pennsylvania  has  been  treated  to  some  extent  by 
historians,  that  of  the  Irish  Quakers  has  been 
overlooked,  and  it  was  with  the  hope  of  filling,  in 
a  measure,  this  deficiency  that  the  present  work 
was  undertaken. 

It  has  been  my  endeavor  to  give  a  plain,  orderly 
presentation  of  the  facts,  without  embellishment ; 
and  I  have  deemed  it  of  greater  interest  to  let  the 
contemporary  records,  as  much  as  possible,  tell 
their  own  story.  The  inequality  of  treatment  in 
portions  of  the  book  is  due  partly  to  variation  in 
the  materials  ;  at  one  point  they  are  abundant  and 
at  another  scanty.  In  Part  I.,  I  have  attempted 
only  an  outline  of  the  early  history  of  the  Quakers 
in  Ireland  ;  the  full  history  is  yet  to  be  written. 
An  abundance  of  material  for  such  a  study  lies 
buried  in  the  manuscript  records  of  the  Society  in 
Ireland,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  some  one  will 
be  sufficiently  interested  to  prepare  a  thorough 
and  systematic  treatise  upon  the  subject.  The 
propriety  of  introducing  so  much  genealogical 
matter  in  the  Appendix  may  be  open  to  question, 
but  I  find  justification  in  the  belief  that  this  ma- 


vi  Preface 

terial  will  have  a  special  interest  for  many  of  Irish 
Quaker  ancestry. 

While  I  have  endeavored  to  be  careful  and 
painstaking,  yet  by  the  very  nature  of  tliis  work, 
drawn  as  it  is  from  many  sources,  errors  and 
omissions  are  likely  to  occur  ;  and  I  shall  be  very 
glad  to  receive  corrections,  so  that  they  may  be 
noted  in  a  standard  copy  of  the  book  to  be  placed 
in  the  collection  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Penn- 
sylvania, or  incorporated  in  a  possible  future 
edition  of  the  work. 

I  desire  to  express  my  grateful  appreciation  of 
the  kindness  of  the  many  persons  who  have  as- 
sisted me  in  various  ways  in  connection  with  this 
work  ;  especially  would  I  mention  Professors  Wil- 
liam I.  Hull  and  John  Russell  Hayes,  of  Swarthmore 
College,  to  whom  I  have  been  indebted  through- 
out for  helpful  criticism  and  kind  encouragement. 
In  no  less  de<jree  am  I  under  obliration  to  Gilbert 
Cope,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.,  for  valuable  sugges- 
tions and  for  material  from  his  unrivaled  private 
collection  of  manuscripts  relating  to  the  early 
history  of  Chester  County. 

My  thanks  are  also  due  to  Howard  M.  Jenkins, 
of  Philadelphia  ;  to  Professor  Arthur  Beardsley, 
Librarian  of  I'riends'  Historical  Library  of  .Swarth- 
more College;  to  John  W.  Jordan, A.M.,  and  the 
other  courteous  officials  of  the  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania  ;  to  Professor  John  Bach  Mc- 
Master.    of  the   University   of  Pennsylvania  ;    to 


Preface  vii 

Hon.  Samuel  W.  Pennypacker,  of  Philadelphia  ; 
to  Dr.  Henry  C.  McCook,  of  Philadelphia  ;  to 
President  Isaac  Sharpless,  of  Haverford  College  ; 
to  Dr.  Joseph  S.  Walton,  of  George  School,  Pa.; 
to  Dr.  John  A.  M.  Passmore,  of  Philadelphia  ;  to 
the  late  Charles  Roberts,  of  Philadelphia ;  to 
Thomas  Hamilton  Murray,  of  Woonsocket,  R.  I., 
Secretary-General  of  the  American-Irish  Historical 
Society  (for  a  copy  of  his  paper  "  Early  Irish 
Friends  in  Rhode  Island");  to  Warren  S.  Ely,  of 
Doylestown,  Pa.;  to  Ellwood  Roberts,  of  Nor- 
ristown,  Pa.;  to  Edward  H.  Ogden,  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  to  Thomas  Maxwell  Potts,  of  Canons- 
bure.  Pa.;  and  to  custodians  of  Friends'  records, 
in  particular,  George  J.  Scattergood,  John  H. 
Dillingham,  Alfred  Moore,  Benjamin  Walton  and 
the  late  Joseph  M.  Truman,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia, 
the  late  Ellwood  Michener,  of  Toughkenamon,  Pa., 
Truman  C.  Moore  and  wife,  of  West  Grove,  Pa., 
Lewis  Palmer,  of  Concordville,  Pa.,  Charles  Pal- 
mer, of  Chester,  Pa.,  Henry  Mendenhall,  of  Media, 
Pa.,  Morgan  Bunting,  of  Darby,  Pa.,  William 
Woodman,  of  Buckmanville,  Pa.,  and  Kirk  Brown, 
of  Baltimore,  Md. 

Nor  must  I  neglect  to  make  acknowledgment 
of  the  many  courtesies  extended  to  me  in  the 
course  of  my  researches  in  England  and  Ireland 
during  the  summer  of  1900.  At  the  British  Mu- 
seum and  at  the  Bodleian  Library  I  received  kind 
attention.     To  Isaac  Sharp,  Secretary  of  the  Soci- 


viii  Preface 

ety  of  Friends,  I  owe  thanks  for  his  kindness  in 
o-ivino-  me  access  to  the  areat  collection  of  Friends' 
books  at  Devonshire  House,  Bishopsgate  Street, 
Without,  London. 

In  an  especial  measure  do  I  wish  to  express 
my  appreciation  of  the  kind  interest  and  generous 
hospitality  accorded  me  in  Ireland.  I  am  indebted 
to  William  Moore,  K.C.,  M.P.,  of  Moore  Lodge, 
County  Antrim,  who  received  me  most  cordially 
at  his  pleasant  seat,  and  in  every  way  possible 
befriended  my  investigations  ;  to  John  Pim,  J. P., 
of  Belfast,  who  freely  opened  to  me  his  rich  stores 
of  notes  on  the  early  Friends  of  Ireland  ;  to  Jane  M. 
Richardson,  of  Moyallon  House,  Gilford,  County 
Down,  author  of  Six  Getierations  of  Friends  in 
Ireland,  for  kindly  reception  and  valued  criticism 
upon  parts  of  my  manuscript ;  to  William  D. 
Braithwaite,  Head  Master,  Joseph  Radley,  formerly 
Head  Master,  and  Frederic  Bell,  Secretary,  of  Ul- 
ster Provincial  School,  Lisburn,  for  much  courtesy 
and  valuable  information  ;  to  John  Bewley  Beale, 
for  opportunity  to  examine  the  Friends'  records  in 
the  Meeting  House  in  Eustace  Street,  Dublin  ;  and 
to  Henry  F.  Berry,  M.A.,  of  the  Public  Record 
Office,  Dublin,  for  permission  to  search  the  records 
in  his  care.  I  also  received  kindly  attention  in 
Paris  at  the  Bibliotheque  Nationale. 

Albert  Cook  Myers 

SWARTHMORE    COLLEGE,  March  I7,   I9O2 


CONTENTS 

PART   I. 

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The  Planting  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland 3-37 

CHAPTER    I. 

The  Rise  of  Quakerism  in  England 3-6 

State  of  England  in  the  Middle  of  the  Seventeenth 

Century  3 

Beginnings  of  Quakerism 3-6 

George  Fox 3-5 

His  Work  and  Followers 5-6 

CHAPTER    II. 

The  Cromwellian  Settlement  of   Ireland 7-12 

The  Plantations 7-8 

The  Great  Rebellion  of  1641 8-9 

Cromwell  in  Ireland 9-10 

The  Settlement 10-12 

CHAPTER   III. 

The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland 13-31 

William  Edmundson 13-16 

In  England 13-14 

Settles  in  Ireland 15 

Becomes  a  Quaker 15-16 

The  First  Meeting  in  Ireland,  1654 16 

The  Travelling  Ministers  and  their  Work 16-25 

The  First  Ministers  Arrive 16 

Ulster  in  1655 16-19 

Richard  Clayton's  Visit 17-18 

Anne  Gould  and  Juliann  Wastwood 18-19 

Edmundson  Bears  a  Testimony  Against  Tithes  19 
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Leinster  and  Munster  in  1655 I9~2$ 

Elizabeth  Fletcher  and  Elizabeth  Smith 19-20 

Francis  How-gill 20-24 

Edward  Burroiigh,  "  A  Son  of  Thunder  " 21-24 

Cromwell's  Cornet  of  Horse  Becomes  a  Quaker  21 

Howgill  and  Burrough  Banished 24 

Barbara  Blaugden  Arrives 24 

The  Restoration  of  Charles  II.  and  the  Organiza- 
tion of  Quakerism  25-28 

The  Restoration 25 

Persecutions   26 

Edmundson  Secures  Release  of  Friends  from 

Prison 26-27 

Thomas  Loe  Converts  William  Penn,  1666 27 

Organization 27-28 

Troubles  Under  James  II.  and  William  III 28-31 

Tyrconnel 28 

Terror  of  Protestants 28 

The  Friends 28 

The  Revolution  of  1689 29-30 

After  Battle  of  the  Boy ne 30 

William  Edmundson' s  Sufferings 30-31 

Edmundson's  Death 31 

CHAPTER  IV. 

Racial  Origin  of  the  Friends  of  Ireland 32-37 

The  Celtic- Irish 32-35 

The  Scotch-Irish 35-36 

The  Anglo-Irish 36-37 

PART  II. 
The  Migration  of  Irish  Friends  to  Pennsyl- 
vania   41-102 

CHAPTER  I. 

Causes  of  Emigration 41-49 

Introductory 41-42 


Contents  xi 

PAGE 

Religious  Causes 43-46 

Acts  of  Uniformity 43 

Tithes  and  Other  Ecclesiastical  Dues 43 

Oaths 44-45 

Lawlessness  of  the  Irish  Catholics 45-46 

Economic  Causes 46-49 

Restriction  on  Manufacture  and  Commerce 46-47 

High  Rents 47-48 

Failure  of  Crops  and  Famine 48-49 

CHAPTER  II. 
Inducements  that  Led  the  Irish  Friends  to  Immi- 
grate INTO  Pennsylvania 50-80 

William  Penn  and  his  Colony 50-52 

His  Charter 50-51 

His  Scheme  of  Colonization 51 

Constitution  and  Laws 51 

Growth  of  the  Colony 52 

Penn's  Invitation 52-55 

His  Personal  Influence 53-54 

Descriptive  Pamphlets 54 

Activity  of  the  Free  Society  of  Traders 54-55 

Favorable  Reports  Returned  to  Ireland 5  5-80 

By  the  Traveling  Ministers  and  Others 56 

Ann  Millcum's  Certificate 56-57 

Nicholas  Newlin's  Certificate 57-59 

Ministers  Traveling  in  Ireland  Tell  of  Penn- 
sylvania   59 

Friends  Return  to  Ireland  for  Short  Visits 60 

Favorable  Reports  by  Letters 60-80 

George  Harlan's  Letter,  1696 62-63 

Thomas  Hutton's  Letters,  1726-1734 64-67 

John  Carpenter's  Visit  to  Ireland,  1755 67-68 

Robert  Parke's  Letter,  1725  69 

The  Parke  Family  Emigrate 69-70 

Parke's  Letter 70-79 


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PAGE 

False  Reports 71 

A  Good  Country  for  Working  Folk 71 

Purchase  of  Land 71 

Cultivating  the  Land 72 

Good  Crops 73 

Prices  for  Farm  Products 73 

Country  Abounds  in  Fruit 74 

Laborers'  Wages 74 

Climate 74 

Dress 74 

Markets  and  Fairs 74 

What  to  Bring  to  Pennsylvania 76 

How  to  Come 77 

CHAPTER  III. 

Places  in  Ireland  Whence  the  Friends  Came....  81-82 

Statistical  Table  82 

CHAPTER  IV. 

Waves  of  Migration 83 

First  Wave,  1682-1710 83 

Second  Wave,   1710-1730 83 

Third  Wave,  1730-1750 83 

CHAPTER  V. 

Ways  and   Means  of  Migration 84-102 

The  Certificate  of  Removal 84-89 

Certificate  of  Joshua  Marsh 85-89 

Places  of  Embarking  and  Landing 89 

Obstructions  to  Emigration 89-92 

Dangers  of  Voyage 92-93 

Robert  Parke's  Diary  of  a  Voyage  from  Ireland, 

1728 93-94 

A  Favorite  Vessel 94-95 

Immigrants  Assisted  by  Meetings 95-98 

Emigrants  Assisted  by  Meetings  in  Ireland 98 


Contents  xiii 


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Cost  of  Passage 98-99 

Redemptioners 99-102 

Robert  Turner's  Redemptioners 101-102 

James  Logan's  Runaway  Servant 102 

PART  III. 

The  Irish  Friends  in  Pennsylvania 105-127 

CHAPTER  1. 

Places  of  Settlement 105-185 

Distribution  of  the  Irish  Friends 105-106 

Statistical  Table 106 

Philadelphia 1 07- 1 09 

First  Meeting  at  Shackamaxon 107 

Bank  Meeting  House 107 

Center  Square  Meeting  House 108 

Great  Meeting  House 108 

Bucks  County 1 09 

Montgomery  County 109 

Berks  County    109-110 

Delaware  County i  lo-i  18 

Chester  Monthly  Meeting 1 1  o- 1 1 6 

First  Meeting  in  Pennsylvania  at  Upland,  1675  iio-ili 

Arrival  of  William  Penn,  1682 111-113 

Irish  Friends  on  Board  the  Welcome in 

First  Meeting  House  at  Chester,  1693 113 

Monthly  Meeting  Established,  1681 113-115 

Concord  Monthly  Meeting 1 1 6- 1 1 8 

Chichester  Meeting 116 

Concord  Meeting 116-117 

Birmingham  Meeting 117 

The  Monthly  Meeting  Established,  1684 117-118 

Meetings  in  New  Castle  County  on  Delaware 118-124 

Newark  Meeting 11S-120 

New  Castle  Meeting 120-121 

Hockessin  Meeting 121 


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Wilmington  Meeting I2I 

Center  Meeting 122- 

Chester  County 124- 

Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting '25- 

Kennett  Meeting 

Manor  of  Steyning  or  Letitia's  Manor 127- 

Kennett  Township  128- 

New  Garden  Township 130- 

New  Garden  Meeting  136- 

New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  Erected   1718 138- 

London  Grove  Township '39- 

London   Company '39- 

London  Grove  Meeting 

Marlborough  Township 143- 

Joseph  Pennock 144- 

Joseph  Pennock's  Letter,  1725 '45- 

Newlin  Township  Owned  by  an  Irish  Quaker '47- 

Newlin's  Difficulty  with  the  Indians 147- 

Pikeland  Township  Granted  to  Joseph  Pike,  an  Irish 

Friend,  of  Cork, '5°- 

The  Great  Valley '5^- 

Caln  Meeting '52- 

East  Cain  Township '53- 

Coatesville  Named  for  an  Irish  Quaker 

Phoenixville  First  Settled  by  Irish  Quakers 154- 

East  Nantmeal  Township '55- 

Nottingham 156- 

Lancaster  County '59- 

Sadsbury  Meeting 

Leacock   Meeting 161- 

Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting 

York  and  Adams  Counties 162- 

Newberry  Meeting 163- 

Warrington  Meeting 168- 

Huntington  Meeting '72- 

Menallen  Meeting '73- 


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York  Meeting 176   177 

Expansion  of  Pennsylvania  Quakerism 177-185 

Southward 1 77-1 79 

Westward 180-185 

CHAPTER    II. 

Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends 186-236 

Introductory 

Irish  Friends  Well  Adapted  for  Pioneer  Life...  186-187 
Mostly  of  English  Stock  but  Modified  by  Irish 

Environment 187-188 

The  Arrival 188 

Hospitality  of  Old  Settlers 188 

Small  Capital  of  Immigrants 188 

Household  Goods  Brought  from  Ireland 188 

Temporary  Home  Near  Landing  Place 188 

The  Settlement 188-190 

Selection  of  Land  Affected  by  Ties  of  Kin  and 

Friendship  188-189 

Journey  to  New  Home 189-190 

Clearing  the  Land 190 

House  Building 1 90-1 93 

The  Clapboard  House 190-192 

The  Log  House 192-193 

Equipment  of  House  and  Farm 1 93-202 

The  Hearth 193 

Inventories 1 9  5-204 

John  Lowden's  Goods,  1714 195-196 

John  Miller's  Inventory 196-197 

A  New  Garden   Dinner  Table.  1714 197-198 

Outfit  of  Farm 198 

John  Fred's  Inventory,  1720 198-199 

The  Warming-pan 199 

Redemptioners 1 99 

James  Lindley's  Estate,  1726 200-201 

The  "Grandfather"  Clock 201 

George  McMillan's  Clock 201-202 


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Dress 202-205 

Work  on  the  Farm 205-206 

Markets  and  Fairs 206-207 

Wild  Animals 207-208 

A  Bear  Story 208 

Social  Intercourse 208-222 

Weddings 209-215 

The  Marriage  Certificate 210-211 

Courtship 215-216 

Funerals 216-217 

Physicians'  Charges 217 

Meetings  for  Worship 217-220 

Business  Meetings 220-222 

Quarterly  Meeting 220-221 

Yearly  Meeting 221 

Monthly  Meeting 221-222 

Meeting  Discipline 222-233 

Card-playing  and  Dancing 222-223 

Drinking 223-227 

Disorderly  Conduct., 227-228 

Care  of  Indented  Servants 228 

Case  of  Lowden  versus  Smith 228-231 

Military  Service 231-233 

Revolutionary  Taxes  and  Fines 233 

George  McMillan's  Fines 233-235 

Schools  and  Books 235-236 

CHAPTER  III. 

Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends 237-276 

James  Logan 237-247 

His  Autobiography 238-240 

Ancestry 238 

Education  and  Apprenticeship 238 

Family  Flees  to  Scotland,  1689 238 

His  Father  Teaches  Friends'  School  at  Bristol..  238-239 
His  Father  Returns  to  Ireland  and  Leaves  Him 

in  Charge  of  School,  1693 239 


Contents  xvii 


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Studies  Mathematics  and  the  Languages  239 

Engages  in  Shipping,   1697 240 

Becomes  Penn's  Secretary,  1699 240 

Comes  to  Pennsylvania 240 

Public  Life 240-243 

Governor  of  Pennsylvania 241 

Leader  of  Proprietary  Party 241-242 

Relations  with  the  Indians 242-243 

Literary  Pursuits 243-  24  5 

Personal  Appearance 245 

Unsuccessful  Courtship 245-247 

Marriage 247 

Death 247 

Thomas  Holme 247-2 56 

In  Ireland > 248-252 

Commissioned    Surveyor-General  of  Pennsyl- 
vania    251-252 

Sails  for  the  Province 252-253 

Lays  out  Philadelphia 253-254 

Holme's  Map  of  Pennsylvania 254 

Work  of  the  Surveyor-General 254-255 

Member  of  the  Provincial  Council 255 

Acts  as  Governor  of  the  Province 256 

Places  of  Residence 256 

Robert  Turner 2  5  7-262 

Thomas  Griffitts 262-263 

Robert  Strettell 263-267 

William  Stockdale 267-271 

Nicholas  Newlin 271-273 

Nathaniel  Newlin 273 

Lydia  Darragh 273-274 

Contribution  of  the  Irish  Quakers 274-276 

APPENDIX 277-433 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 434-44+ 

INDEX 445 


LIST   OF    ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

An  Irish  Quaker's  Certificate  of   Removal  to  Pennsylva- 
nia, 1729 Frontispiece. 

Brought  to  Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  Chester 
County,  by  the  bearer,  Olivia  McCooI.  From  original  MS.  in 
collection  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

Autograph  Initials  of  George  Fox 3 

In  text. 

George  Fox 4 

From  original  painting  by  Sir  Peter  Lely,  in  Friends'  Histori- 
cal  Library  of  Swarthmore  College,  Pennsylvania. 

Fox's  Grave  in  Bunhill  Fields,  London 4 

Autograph  of  Willia.m  Edmundson 13 

In  text. 
Lurgan  Friends'  Meeting  House,  Ireland,  Built  1696,  Taken 

Down  1889 i6 

Autograph  of  Francis  Howgill 20 

In  text. 

Autograph  of  Edward  Burrough 21 

In  text. 

Swarthmore  Hall 23 

In  text.  Plate  by  courtesy  of  Professor  John  Russell  Hayes, 
of  Swarthmore  College,  author  of  Swarthmore  Idylls. 

William  Penn  :  Armour  Portrait 27 

From  original  painting  in  the  collection  of  the  Historical  So- 
ciety of  Pennsylvania. 
Grange  Meeting  House,  near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh, 

Irel.\nd,  Built  About  1750 36 

The  regular  Friends'  meetings  are  no  longer  held  in  this  build- 
ing but  in  a  modem  meeting-house  near  by.  In  early  days  this 
meeting  was  called  Grange  near  Charlemont,  but  now  it  is  known 
as  Grange  near  Moy,  or  Dungannon,  County  Tyrone. 

By  deed  of  September  9,   1755,  Lord  Charlemont  leased  the 
burial    ground    and    meeting-house   land    near    Charlemont   to 
William  Greeves  and  T.  Greer,  evidently  in  trust  for  the  Society 
of  Friends. 
Autograph  of  Thomas  Holme 44 

In  text. 

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XX  List  of  Illnsti'ations 

PAGE 

Samuel   Stalliard's  Certificate  ok  Removal   from   Ireland 

TO  Pennsylvania,  1749 44 

Brought  to  Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  Chester 
County.  From  original  MS.  in  collection  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of 
West  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

William  Penn  :  Bevan  Carving 50 

After  engraving  by  John  Hall,  London,  1773,  of  the  drawing 
(1770)  by  Du  Simitiere,  of  the  ivory  bust  in  alto  relievo  (from 
memory),  by  Sylvanus  Bevau. 

AtrroGRAPH  OF  Robert  Turner 55 

In  text. 

Autograph  of  Nicholas  Newlin 57 

In  text. 
Thomas  Penn,  Son  of  William  Penn  and  Governor  of  Pennsyl- 
vania       58 

From  the  painting  in  the  collection  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Pennsylvania.     Copy  of  the  original,  by  Peter  Van  Dyck,  1750, 
in  the  possession  of  the  Earl  of  Ranfurly  at  Dungannon  Park, 
County  TjTone,  Ireland. 
Autographs  of  Henry  Hollingsworth  and  Thomas  Lightfoot.     60 
In  text. 

Autograph  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth 62 

In  text. 

Autograph  of  George  Harlan 63 

In  text. 

Autograph  of  Thomas  Hutton 65 

In  text. 

Autographs  of  Robert  and  Thomas  Park 69 

In  text. 
Ckrtiucate  of  Removal  Brought  to  Pennsylnania  by  George 

Marsh,  an  Irish  Friend,  in  1728 84 

Received  by  Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  Chester 
County,  7  Mo.  6,  1729.  Original  in  collection  of  Gilbert  Cope, 
of  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

Autograph  of  Joshua  Marsh 87 

In  text. 
Thomas  Fairman's  Mansion  and  Penn  Treaty  Elm,  at  Shacka- 

MAXON,  NOW  Kensington,  Philadelphia io6 

Bank  Meeting  House,  Philadelphia,  16S5-1789 106 

Great  Meeting  House  and  Old  Court  House,  Philadelphia....  108 
Plate  by  courtesy  of  Robert  C.  Moon,  M.D.,  of  Philadelphia, 
compiler  of  The  Morris  Family  of  Philadelphia. 


List  of  Ilhistrations  xxi 

PAGE 

Penn  Memorial  Stone  at  Chester,  Marking  Landing  Place 

OF  William  Penn,   1682 112 

In  text. 
First  Meeting  House  of  Friends  at  Chester,  Built  1693....   114 

In  text. 
Birmingham  Meeting  House,  Chester  County,  Built  1763...  117 

Used  as  a  hospital.  Battle  of  Brandywine,  1777. 
Autograph  of  Alphonsus  Kirk 112 

In  text. 
Center   Meeting   House,    New    Castle   County,    Delaware, 

Built  1795 122 

Autograph  of  Christopher  Wilson 124 

In  text. 
Autograph  of  Thomas  Carleton 126 

In  text. 
Kennett  Meeting  House,  Near  Hamorton,  Chester  County, 

Built  1710,  Enlarged  1719  and  1731 126 

Autograph  of  Gayen  Miller 128 

In  text. 
Map   of   New  Garden  Township,  Chester    County,  from  an 

OLD  Draught 134 

In  text. 
Autograph  of  Thomas  Milhous 134 

In  text. 
Autograph  of  Simon  Hadly 135 

In  text. 
New  Garden   Meeting  House,  Chester   County,  South   End 

Built  1743,  North   End  1790 136 

From  photograph,  1901. 
Kew  Garden  Meeting  House,  Chester  County 138 

From  a  drawing  by  Ell  wood  Michener,  1850. 

In  text. 
Autograph  of  John  Allen 141 

In  text. 
London  Grove  Meeting  House,  Chester  County 142 

Built  probably  1743  and  enlarged  1775  and  1818. 
Autograph  of  Nathaniel  Newlin 147 

In  text. 
Map  of  Newlin  Township,  Chester  County,  1730 149 

In  text. 


xxii  List  of  Illustrations 


PACE 

UwcHLAN  Meeting  House,  Chester  County,  Built  1756 157 

In  text. 
Sadsbury  Meeting  House,  Lancaster  County,  East  View  With 

Burial  Ground.. 161 

Plate  by  courtesy  of  John  A.  M.  Passmore,  Ph.D.,  compiler  of 
Andrew  Moon  and  His  Discfndanls. 
Warrington  Friends'  Meeting  House,  near  Wellsville,  York 

County,  1901 168 

Showing  south  end,  built  1769.     North  end,  built  1782 

Autograph  of  George  McMillan 201 

In  text. 
Grace  Church  Street  Friends'  Meeting  London,  About  1750..  202 

Burlington  Meeting  House,  New  Jersey,  16S3-1787 202 

Abington   Friends'    Meeting   House,    Built    1698,   East  End 

Added  1756  and  West  End,  1757 218 

From  drawing  made  by  Robert  .'^utcliff,  an  English  Friend,  in 
1S06,  and  reproduced  at  page  265  in  his  Travels  in  Some  Parts  of 
North  America,  published  at  York,  England,  in  181 1.  See  The 
Early  History  of  Abington  Meeting  House,  a  small  pamphlet,  by 
William  J.  Buck,  the  local  historian,  of  Jenkintown,  Pennsyl- 
vania (since  deceased),  published  in  1899.  Plate  by  courtesy  of 
his  heirs. 
James  Logan,  the  Irish  Quaker  Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  237 

Autograph  of  James  Logan 237 

In  text. 
Stenton,  Home  of  James  Logan,  Near  Germantown,  Phila- 
delphia, Built  1728 242 

Plate  by  courtesy  of  Messrs.  George  W.  Jacobs  and  Company, 
of  Philadelphia,  publishers  of  Conrad  Weiser  and  the  Indian  Policy 
of  Colonial  Pennsylvania,  by  Joseph  S.  Walton,  Ph.D. 
Friends'    Meeting    and    Academy,    Fourth    Street,    Below 

Chestnut,  Philadelphia,  1789 254 

Cherry  Street  Meeting  House,  Philadelphia 254 

Old  View  of  Merion  Meeting  House,  Montgomery  County, 

Built  1695 262 

Middletown  Meeting  House,  Delaware  County,  Built  About 

1770  272 

Springfield  Meeting  House,  Delaware  County,  Built  1738, 

Taken  Down  1850 272 

From  a  drawing  by  John  Sartain,  1837. 


PART  I. 

THE   PLANTING   OF   QUAKERISM   IN 
IRELAND 


T 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE    RISE    OF    QUAKERISM    IN    ENGLAND 

HE  period  of  the  Civil  War  and  Common-  state  of  Eng- 
wealth    in    England    was    one    of    contro-  !^°fj!°*f^^ 

o  Middle  01  the 

versy  and  upheaval.  The  introduction  of  seventeenth 
the  Bible  into  every  cottage  of  the  land  had  ^^  "^ 
set  the  people  to  thinking,  and  they  gave  them- 
selves up  to  the  consideration  of  questions  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty  and  to  the  solution  of 
the  great  problems  of  life  and  death.  Puritanism 
became  a  mighty  power,  and  in  the  middle  of  the 
seventeenth  century  it  arose  in  all  its  strength 
and  freed  the  nation  from  the  yoke  of  Episcopacy 
and  from  the  tyranny  of  Charles  I.  Under  the 
Commonwealth  and  Cromwell  toleration  existed  in 
some  measure,  and  there  was  greater  opportunity 
than  formerly  for  the  development  of  such  sects  as 
that  of  the  Society  of  Friends  or  so-called  Quakers. 

The    histor)'  of  the    early  years  Beginnings  of 

of   the    Society  of  Friends    is  the  Q"^''^"^" 

histor)'    of    its    great    leader    and 

founder.     George  Fox  (1624-169 1) 

was  born  at  Drayton-in-the-Clay,  now  known  as 

Fenny  Drayton,  Leicestershire,  England,  in   1624. 

He  says,  "My  father's  name  was  Christopher  Fox ; 


4  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

George  Fox  }^g  ^^^g  •\^y  profcssion  a  weaver,  an  honest  man. 
.  .  .  The  neighbors  called  him  Riq-hteous  Chri- 
star.  My  mother  was  an  honest  woman  ;  her 
maiden  name  was  Mary  Lago,  of  the  family  of  the 
Lagos  and  of  the  stock  of  the  martyrs."'  At  an 
early  age  Fox  had  a  "  gravity'  and  stayedness  of 
mind  not  usual  in  children,"'  and  as  he  grew  up, 
under  good  home  influences,  he  came  to  know 
"  pureness  and  righteousness  " ;'  so  truthful  and  so 
determined  was  he  the  that  it  was  a  saying  among 
his  associates,  "If  George  says  '  Verily'  there's 
no  altering  him."- 

In  1643,  as  a  youth  of  nineteen,  "graceful  .  .  .in 
countenance,"  stalwart  and  "manly  in  personage,"^ 
and  with  a  bright  piercing  eye  he  left  his  home, 
and  spent  the  next  five  years  wandering  from  sect 
to  sect,weighing  and  considering  the  religious  opin- 
ions which  obtained  in  that  seething  and  fervid 
time  ;  but  with  all  his  seeking  he  seemed  unable 
to  find  anything  that  appealed  to  his  spiritual  con- 
dition. Finally,  after  much  conflict  of  spirit,  he 
became  convinced  that  the  true  source  of  religious 
comfort  and  consolation  is  the  "Inner  Light,"  the 
voice  of  God  speaking  directly  to  each  human 
soul  without  the  aid  of  any  earthly  mediator. 
With  this  idea  as  the  basis  of  his  religious  sys- 
tem, George  Fox  developed  those  doctrines  and 

"^Journal,  I. 

^  Ibid.,  2. 

'Thomas  Ellwood's  testimony  in  Fox' sjourtta/. 


George  Fox 

From    Officinal    Painting    Br   Silt    Peter    Lelv,    at   Swarthmore    College 


Foxs  Grave  in  Bunhill  Fields.  London 


Tlie  Rise  of  Quakerism  in  England  5 

practices  peculiar  to  the  Society  of  Friends  and 
felt  himself  divinely  called  to  proclaim  this  mes- 
sage to  the  world. 

In  1647  and  164S,  amid  the  conflictino-  ideas  of  ^'^  ^^°'''^ 

^'  ^  "^  .         and 

the  time,  he  began  to  preach,  and  went  forth  with  Followers 
all  the  ardor  of  a  youthful  knight  of  the  Crusades, 
sans  peur  et  sans  reprochc,  spreading  his  new  doc- 
trine of  the  "  Divine  Lioht"  throucrh  the  towns 
and  shires  of  England.  He  appealed  to  judges 
and  justices  to  give  righteous  judgments,  and  to 
inn-keepers  to  be  moderate  in  the  sale  of  drink. 
He  petitioned  Parliament  against  allowing  more 
inns  than  were  needful  for  travelers.  He  raised 
his  voice  against  wakes,  feasts,  sports,  and  plays. 
He  went  to  fairs  and  markets  urging  men  to  deal 
justly  and  to  speak  the  truth.  He  went  into  the 
"steeple  houses"  and  openly  testified  against  a 
"  hireling  ministry  "  and  formalism  of  worship,  the 
churches  in  which  he  spoke  being  usually  those 
belonging  to  the  Independents,  who  allowed  dis- 
cussion after  the  sermon.  For  these  and  other 
peculiar  testimonies,  so  foreign  to  the  ideas  of  the 
time,  he  was  subjected  to  the  most  severe  and 
cruel  persecution  ;  but  not  even  years  of  confine- 
ment in  dark  and  loathsome  dungeons  could 
restrain  his  dauntless  spirit. 

The  first  years  of  his  ministry  were  spent  chiefly 
in  the  midland  counties,  where  he  found  but  few 
assistants  in  his  missionary  work,  but  when   he 


6  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

reached  the  northern  counties  many  were  con- 
vinced, and  by  1654  he  had  organized  a  band  of 
sixty  traveling-  ministers,  who  had  caught  his 
spirit  and  who  had  began  to  preach  his  doctrines. 
This  zealous  missionary  band  of  young  si^irits — 
yeomen,  tradesmen,  gentlemen — went  up  and 
down  the  land  carr^-ing  the  message  of  Quakerism 
with  such  power  and  courage  that  thousands 
llocked  to  their  standard,  and  by  the  end  of  the 
century,  60,000  Quakers  were  numbered  in  Eng- 
land.' 

■  Brown  in  Traill's  Social  England,  IV.,  25S-9. 


CHAPTER  II. 

THE    CROMWELLIAN    SETTLEMENT    OF    IRELAND 

DURING  the   relq-n   of  Oueen   Mary,  there  The 
,  ,     r  '^   ,        r  •  1        Plantations 

had  been  adopted,  for  the  first  time,  the 

plan  of  clearing  off  the  native  tribes  of 
Irish  from  whole  districts  of  Ireland,  by  expul- 
sion or  extermination,  to  make  room  for  Eng- 
lish and  Scotch  setders.  But  the  natives  re- 
sisted and  defended  their  homes  with  despera- 
tion ;  and  from  the  beginning  the  settlers  had 
to  fight  for  their  newly  acquired  possessions, 
aided,  however,  in  their  work  of  extermination  by 
Government  forces.  During  the  twent>'  years 
from  1556  to  1576,  plantations  were  attempted 
in  the  present  Queen's  County  and  County  An- 
trim ;  but  though  the  planters  committed  fright- 
ful atrocities,  both  attempts  in  a  great  measure 
failed.i 

By  far  the  most  successful  of  all  the  plantations 
was  that  made  by  James  I.,  who  confiscated  six 
counties  of  the  Province  of  Ulster,  and  then 
poured  in  English  and  Scotch  colonists,  giving  the 
natives    only  the  poorest  land  to  live  on.-     The 

1  Joyce  in  TraiU,  \U.,  ^li. 
^Ibid.,  IV.,  19S  ;   Gardiner,  484. 


8  Immigration  of  tlic  Irish  Quakers 

new  settlers  were  an  industrious  class  of  farmers, 
mechanics,  weavers,  and  laborers  ; '  and  soon 
farms,  homesteads,  churches,  and  mills  rose  amidst 
the  desolate  wilds.  "  The  foundations  of  the  econo- 
mic prosperity  which  has  raised  Ulster  high  above 
the  rest  of  Ireland  in  wealth  and  in  intelligence 
were  undoubtedly  laid  in  the  confiscations  of 
1610."  "  This  confiscation  met  with  no  opposition 
at  the  time  from  the  evicted  Irish,  who  sullenly  with- 
drew to  the  lands  which  had  been  left  to  them.- 
The  "earth  tillers,"  the  lowest  class,  however,  in 
this,  as  in  the  other  plantations,  were  spared  and 
allowed  to  live  in  peace,  scattered  among  the  colo- 
nists.^ Further  confiscations  were  made  in  the 
Province  of  Leinster,  under  James;  and  Charles 
I.  and  his  agent,  Strafford,  continued  the  work."* 
These  confiscations  and  plantations  were  carried 
on  for  about  a  century  and  a  half,  and  were  the 
chief  cause  of  the  great  rebellion  of  1641.'^ 
TheGreat  After  the  departure  of  Strafford  from  Ireland  in 
1640,  the  natives  all  over  the  county  were  in  a 
state  of  dangerous  exasperation,  due  partly  to  the 
spread  of  the  plantation  system  and  partly  to  the 
measures  taken  to  suppress  the  Catholic  religion.* 

^  Froude,  I.,  76. 

«  Grren,  458. 

^FrouJe,  I.,  76. 

•Joyce  in  Traill,  IV.,  I96-7. 

•/«</.,  III.,  411. 

«/-5/W.,  IV.,339. 


Rebellion  of 
1641 


The  Crovnvelliaii  Settlement  of  Ireland        9 

The  disbanded  soldiers  of  the  army  that  Straftbrd 
had  raised,  spread  over  the  country,  and  blew  the 
smouldering  disaffection  into  a  flame.  A  conspir- 
acy, organized  with  wonderful  power  and  secrecy 
by  the  Irish,  broke  forth  in  Ulster,  and  spread  like 
wildfire  over  the  center  and  west  of  the  Island. 
Dublin  was  saved  by  a  mere  chance  ;  but  in  the 
open  country  the  work  of  murder  went  on  un- 
checked. Great  numbers  of  the  settlers  were 
butchered  by  die  Irish,  and  die  most  dreadful  out- 
rages were  perpetrated.^  The  estimates  of  those 
who  were  slain  var)-  all  the  way  from  50,000  to 
200,000.  The  real  number  was  probably  less 
than  5,000.'-  \\\  England  a  cry  for  bitter  vengeance 
arose,  but,  the  Civil  War  breaking  out,  the  troops 
were  detained  for  home  service,  and  eight  stirring 
years,  which  witnessed  the  fall  of  the  Monarchy 
and  the  rise  of  the  Commonwealth,  had  passed 
before  active  measures  could  be  taken  for  the  sub- 
jugation of  Ireland.^ 

Meanwhile,  the  turn  of  e\ents  in  Ireland  had  Cromweiiin 
brought  the  Irish  Catholics  and  the  Royalists  into 
power,  and  to  subdue  them  the  Parliament  of  the 
Commonwealth  sent  over  Cromwell  as  Lord  Lieu- 
tenant, in  1649,  to  reduce  the  country  to  obedi- 
ence.    "  We  are  come,"  said  Cromwell  on  landing 

'  Gnin,  541. 
2  Chunh,  139. 
'Frotuit-,  I.,  126-7. 


I  o  Immigratiott  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

at  Dublin  with  his  "New  Model,"  "to  ask  an  ac- 
count of  the  innocent  blood  that  hath  been  shed, 
and  to  endeavour  to  bring  to  an  account  all  who 
by  appearing  in  arms  shall  justify  the  same."  ' 
From  Dublin  he  marched  to  Drogheda,  and  the 
storminof  and  taking-  of  that  stronghold  was  the  first 
of  a  series  of  awful  massacres.  This  was  followed 
by  the  terrible  slaughter  of  Wexford.  The  fate 
of  these  two  towns  produced  such  terror  that 
town  after  town  surrendered.  Finally,  in  the 
spring  of  1650,  seeing  the  island  almost  subdued, 
Cromwell  sailed  for  England,  leaving  Ireton,  his 
son-in-law,  to  finish  the  war.  Ireton  and  his  suc- 
cessor, Ludlow,  followed  up  the  work  with  savage 
effectiveness,  and  by  1652  the  conquest  of  the 
country  was  complete.* 

In  1642,  just  after  the  rebellion,  the  English 
Parliament  confiscated  between  two  and  three 
million  acres  of  Irish  soil.  Debenture  bonds  were 
issued,  payable  in  land  when  the  country  should 
be  re-conquered.  Bonds  for  a  million  acres  had 
been  taken  up,  and  money  had  been  raised  on 
them  for  the  payment  of  troops  sent  to  Ireland  pre- 
vious to  Cromwell's  arrival.  Similar  debentures 
were  issued  afterwards  for  Cromwell's  own  army, 
though  not  thrown  on  the  market  like  the  first, 
but  given  to  the  soldiers  in  lieu  of  their  pay  ;  and 

'  Green,  575. 

^ Ibid.,  574-6;   Gardiner,  562-3;  Joyce  in  Traill,  IV.,  341-2. 


The  Cromwelliaii  SettlemeJit  of  Ireland       1 1 

now  that  the  Island  was  subdued,  the  time  had 
come  when  all  these  eno-ag-ements  were  to  be 
redeemed.^  To  accomplish  this  end,  to  prevent  the 
intermixture  of  the  Teutonic  and  Celtic  races,  which 
had  been  a  result  of  the  previous  plantations,  and 
to  remove  all  cause  for  future  Irish  rebellions,  Par- 
liament, in  1652,  passed  an  act  to  dispossess  the 
Irish  landholders.  The  whole  of  the  population 
of  the  three  provinces  of  Ulster,  Leinster,  and 
Munster,  except  the  poorer  sort — small  farmers, 
tradesmen  laborers,  etc. — were  ordered  to  trans- 
port themselves  across  the  River  Shannon  into  the 
Province  of  Connaught,  where  they  were  to  be 
given  small  allotments  of  grround  that  had  been 
left  waste.  The  exodus,  for  the  most  part  of  the 
middle  and  upper  class,  across  the  Shannon,  went 
on  from  1652  to  1654.  Later,  however,  many  of 
the  exiles  returned  to  their  old  homes,  forming 
bands  of  outlaws  or  "  Rapparees,"-  and  from  their 
lurking  places  in  bogs,  mountains,  and  forests, 
made  the  most  cruel  depredations  on  the  colonists 
whenever  opportunity  offered.  The  lands  vacated 
by  the  Irish  gentry  were  given  to  Cromwell's 
officers  and  soldiers,  and  to  other  bondholders. 
Under  the  direction  of  the  Lord  Lieutenant, 
Henrjf  Cromwell,  son  of  Oliver,  the  great  Crom- 
wellian  plantation  was  begun.     The  soldiers  were 

^  Froude,  I.,  146. 

2  An  Irish  word  meaning  an  armed  plunderer. 


12 


Iinmioration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


settled  down  regiment  by  regiment,  troop  by  troop, 
company  by  company,  almost  on  the  lands  they 
had  conquered.  Many  of  them,  however,  sold  their 
lands  to  the  incoming  Protestant  pioneers  from 
England  and  Scotland.  The  Irish  poor  classes 
remained  in  their  natural  homes,  as  under-tenants, 
or  farm  servants  to  the  settlers.  The  order  and 
industry  of  the  new  owners  soon  changed  the 
face  of  Ireland,  and  it  began  to  wear  a  look  of 
quiet  and  prosperity.  -^ 

The  Cromwellian  Settlement,  and  the  odier 
plantations  which  preceded  it,  bear  the  closest 
relation  to  our  subject,  for  they  virtually  prepared 
the  ground  for  the  planting  of  Quakerism  in  the 
Island  ;  and  it  was  from  these  Protestant  planters 
and  soldiers,  almost  entirely,  that  the  first  Quaker 
missionaries  to  Ireland  drew  their  recuits. 

^  PrcnJergast ;  Joyce  in  Traill,  IV.,  242-3;  Fronds  I.,  I16-150; 
Green,  589-90. 


CHAPTER   III. 

THE    BEGINNINGS    OF    QUAKERISM    IN    IRELAND 


T 


HE  founder  and  leader  of  Quakerism  in  wimam Ed- 
Ireland  was  William  Edmundson  (1627-  """  ^°° 
1 71 2),  one  of  Cromwell's  soldiers.  He  was 
born  at  Little  Muso-rave,  in  Westmoreland,  Enor- 
land,  in  1627,  the  son  of  John  and  Grace  Ed- 
mundson. "  My  father,"  he  says,  "was  well  ac- 
counted among-  men  who  knew  him  and  relicrious 
^  in    what    he    knew." 

'^ ii^S^\^^  ^^^0^^''^'^ — *  His  parents  died  while 

he  was  quite  young, 
and  he  was  bound  an  apprentice  in  York  to  learn 
the  carpenter's  trade.  Then,  he  relates,  "I  went  in  England 
into  the  Parliaments'  Army,  and  there  continued 
part  of  the  War  betwixt  the  King  and  Parliament ; 
and  when  that  was  over,  I  went  into  Scotland 
under  Oliver  Cromwell  in  the  year  1650."  He 
was  greatly  influenced  by  the  Puritan  movement  of 
the  time,  and  during  his  apprenticeship  and  army 
life  his  mind  was  often  exercised  over  religious 
questions.  "  Sometimes  when  I  had  been  on  Ser- 
vice most  of  the  Day,  and  was  lying  down  in  my 
Tent  at  Night,  then  would  arise  in  my  Mind  the 
eminent  Dangers  I  had  passed  that  Day,  and  the 

13 


14  Itmnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

narrow  Escape  my  Life  had,  and  what  would  be- 
come of  my  Soul,  if  I  had  fallen. 

In  the  Year  1651,  the  Scotch  Army  marched 
for  England,  we  followed  and  engaged  them  at 
Worcester,  and  overthrew  their  Army."  He  was 
at  the  taking  of  the  Isle  of  Man,  then  returned 
to  England,  and  was  quartered  in  Derbyshire, 
where  at  this  time  "  the  common  Discourse  of 
all  Sorts  of  People  was  of  the  Quakers,"  but  he 
did  not  have  an  opportunity  of  hearing  any  of  them 
preach  at  this  time.  "After  some  Time  spent  in 
divers  Exercises,  we  marched  again  for  Scotland, 
at  which  Time  I  had  a  Charge  of  some  Men  for 
recruiting  other  Companies  in  Scotland,  then  left 
the  Army,  came  back  to  England,  and  \isited  my 
Relations  in  the  North  ;  from  thence  rode  in- 
to Derbyshire,  and  married  a  young  woman,  to 
whom  I  was  contracted  before.'  After  some  time 
I  was  about  to  settle  in  Derbj'shire  in  the  way  of 
Shop-keeping,  at  which  Time  my  Brother,  [John] 
who  was  a  soldier  in  Ireland,  came  into  England 
to  see  his  Relations  and  highly  commending  Ire- 
land, pursuaded  me  to  go  and  live  there,  which  I, 
with  my  wife,  concluded  to  do."- 

'  William  Edmundson  was  first  married  to  Margaret  Stanford,  of  Bram- 
ley,  Derbyshire,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stanford.  She  died  in  l6gl,  at  the 
house  of  hersonin-law,  William  Fayle,  near  Dublin,  and  William  Edmund- 
son  was  married  a  second  time,  10  Mo.  I,  1697,  to  Mary  Strangman,  of 
Mountmellick  Meeting. — Records  in  possesion  of  a  descendant,  Joshua  Wil- 
liam Edmunsdon,  of  Dublin. 

'^Journal,   1-6. 


The  Beginnmgs  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland    1 5 

Taking  with  him  a  stock  of  goods  to  commence  seuu-s  in 
a  "Trade  in  Merchandise,"  William  Edmundson,  ^'''''""' 
his  wife,  and  servant  took  shipping  at  \Miitehaven 
and  landed  at  Dublin    in  i6s2.     On  learnine  of 
his  brother's  arrival,  John  Edmundson  came  down 
from  the  north  of  the  island,  where  his  troop  was 
then  stationed,   and  transported  William  and  his 
household  to  the  town  of  Antrim.     Here  William 
rented   a   house  and  opened  a  shop,  his  brother 
living  with  him.     Trade  being  then  very  brisk, 
the  goods  were  soon  disposed  of,  and  in   1653 
William  returned  to  England  to  renew  his  stock. 

On  coming  into  the  north  of  England,  he  says, 
"  George  Fox  and  James  Naylor  were  in  that 
country,  James  Naylor  having  a  Meeting  about 
three  Miles  from  where  I  was,  I  went  to  it  with 
my  eldest  brother,  Thomas,  and  another  Kinsman, 
having  an  earnest  Desire  to  have  Converse  with 
some  of  that  People,  retaining  a  Love  for  and  be- 
lieving well  of  them  from  the  first  hearing  the  Re- 
port  of  them,  and  I  was  glad  of  this  Opportunit}',  Becomes  a 
and  we  were  all  three  convinced  of  the  Lord's  " 
blessed  Truth."  Having  accomplished  his  busi- 
ness in  England,  he  returned  to  Ireland,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1654  removed  with  his  family  from 
Antrim  to  Lurgan,  in  the  County  of  Armagh, 
where  he  kept  a  shop  and  took  some  land  for 
grazing  cattle.  In  his  new  home  the  use  of  the 
plain  language,   the  keeping  on   of  his  hat,  and 


1 6  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


The  First 
Meeting  in 
Ireland,  i6s4 


rhe  Traveling 
Ministers  and 
rheir  Work 

The  First 
Ministers 
A rrive 


Ulster  in  16^5 


the  Other  peculiar  Quaker  customs  which  he  had 
adopted  since  his  convincement,  were  the  cause 
of  much  wonder  and  offence  to  his  neighbors,  and 
socially  and  in  his  business  relations  he  was  sub- 
jected to  much  vexation  and  discomfort. 

His  wife  and  brother  had  been  convinced  of  the 
principles  of  Friends  shortly  after  his  journey  to 
England  and  they  all  now  met  together  in  a  meet- 
ing twice  a  week  at  his  house.  He  says,  "In  a 
while  after  four  more  were  convinced  ;  then  we 
were  seven  that  met  together  to  wait  upon  God, 
and  to  worship  Him  in  Spirit  and  Truth."  Thus 
in  the  year  1654,  at  Lurgan  was  established  the 
first  meeting  of  Friends  in  Ireland.^ 

Now  came  a  period  of  earnest  and  zealous 
proselyting  on  the  part  of  missionaries  from  Eng- 
land. The  first  of  the  ministers  to  arrive  were 
Miles  Halhead,  James  Lancaster,  and  Miles  Bate- 
man,  who  came  over  from  England  in  the  early 
part  of  1654,  and  made  a  short  tour  from  town  to 
town  through  the  Island,  preaching  to  the  people, 
to  magistrates,  and  to  officers  of  the  army.  Having 
convinced  many  of  the  truth  of  their  principles, 
they  went  into  the  north  and  took  shipping  at  Bel- 
fast for  England.- 

The  next  year  was  an  important  one  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Society  of  Friends  in    Ireland.     Ten 

^Journal  of  William  Edmundsoit,  I-iji  J"»i'n',  I.,  261-4. 
^Besse,  II.,  457;   Jiully,  87. 


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The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland    i  7 

earnest  preachers  came  over  and  laid  the  found- 
ations of  the  most  important  Quaker  strongholds 
in  the  island.  John  Tiffin  was  the  first  to  arrive. 
He  came  to  William  Edmundson'sat  Lurean,  and 
during  his  sojourn  of  five  or  six  weeks  many  mem- 
bers were  added  to  that  meeting.  He  and  Wil- 
liam Edmundson  went  to  neiehborinor  fairs  and 
other  public  gatherings,  explaining  their  principles 
and  carrying  on  discussion  with  those  of  other  be- 
liefs. "Truth  began  to  spread,  tho'  thro' great 
opposition  ;  for  now  the  Priests  and  People  began 
to  be  alarmed  in  a  rage,  and  Friends  were  exposed 
to  great  Sufferings  upon  several  accounts,  particu- 
larly, as  the  testimony  of  Truth  was  against  all 
hireling  Teachers  and  their  forced  maintenance, 
these  made  it  their  business  to  incense  the  Maeis- 
trates  and  Rulers  against  Friends."  ^ 

About  this  time  William  Edmundson  went  over  Richard 
to  England  and  conferred  with  George  Fox,  whom  ''yfj^f"'^ 
he  had  not  yet  seen,  telling  him  of  the  convince- 
ment  of  Friends  in  Ireland,  "of  the  Openness 
among  People  in  the  North  of  that  Nation,  to  hear 
the  Truth  declared,  and  of  the  Want  of  ministering 
Friends  in  the  Gospel  there."-  Soon  after  his 
return  to  Lurgan,  Richard  Clayton  came  on  a 
religious  visit  from  England,  and  the  two  spent 
several  days  journeying  on  foot  through  the  coun- 


^  Rutty,  88. 

^  EJmundson' s  Journal,  1 8. 

2 


i8  Inwiigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

ties  of  Antrim.  London derr)-,  Tyrone,  and  Armagh. 
At  Coleraine  they  preached  in  the  streets,  but  the 
people  drove  them  out  of  the  town,  so  that  they 
had  to  lodge  in  a  cabin  on  the  mountain.  At 
Londonderry'  and  Kilmore  they  met  with  better 
success,  and  at  these  places  many  were  convinced 
and  meetings  were  settled. 

About  the  year  1655  two  women  ministers  from 
London.  Anne  Gould  and  Juliann  Wastwood, 
landed  at  Dubhn  and  "  all  on  Foot  in  Winter 
Time,  wadinor  Rivers,  and  dirt\-  mir\-  Wavs."' 
traveled  in  relisfious  service  to  Londonderry,  from 
there  to  Coleraine  and  through  the  countr)-  of  the 
"Scotch  People  and  Presbyterians"  to  Clough. 
Here  the  poor  women  sank  down  exhausted  and 
disheartened,  and  Anne  Gould  was  confined  to 
bed.  But  William  Edmundson  happening  to  come 
that  way.  they  were  so  rejoiced  at  seeing  liim  that 
they  recovered  sufficiently  to  be  taken  to  his  home, 
where  they  were  well  cared  for  until  their  depart- 
ure for  England. 

William  Edmundson  had  now  gained  more  ex- 
perience as  a  minister,  and  traveled  continually, 
preaching  in  pubHc  places  and  in  churches.  Other 
meetings  sprang  up,  and  "  People  more  and  more 
were  convinced,  insomuch  that  the  Priests  and 
Professors  still  raged,  many  tender  people  leaving 
them  ;  and  to  revenge  themselves  the)-  cast  Wil- 

'  Edmundson' s  Journal,  21. 


TJie  Begiiirdngs  of  Quakerism  in  Irela-nd    19 

liam  Edmundson  into  prison,"  at  Armagh.-  He 
was  soon  liberated,  however,  and  came  forth  wvHa. 
even  greater  zeal  than  before.  Soon  after  his 
liberation,  he  felt  a  religious  calling  to  leave  shop- 
keeping  and  to  rent  a  farm  in  order  that  he  might 
set  the  example  of  bearing  testimony  against 
tithes,  for  as  yet  no  one  had  borne  that  testimony  Edmundson 
in   Ireland.     With  this  in  \-iew.   he  and  several  ^""^ "  ^"'^ 

mony  against 

Other  Friends  and  their  families.  lea\-ine  Lurgan  tuius 
Meeting  well-settled,  removed  into  the  Count}-  of 
Cavan  in  the  southern  part  of  Ulster,  where  they 
rented  land  and  beffan  farminor.  Cavan  Meetinor 
was  founded  and  many  converts  were  made  in  that 
neighborhood.  It  was  not  long  before  these 
Friends  experienced  the  sufferings  they  had  an- 
ticipated. Many  of  them,  for  non-payment  of 
tithes  and  other  non-conformities,  had  their  g-oods 
taken  from  them  and  were  imprisoned.- 

But  the  Quaker  movement  was  not  confined  to  1 
the  north  of  Ireland.     At  the  same  time  that  Wil- 
liam Edmundson  and  his  co-workers  were  spread- 
ing Quakerism  through  Ulster,  other  missionaries  Leinsterand 
were  working  mth  equal  zeal  in  the  pro\"inces  of  ^^^^'^ '" 
Leinster  and  Munster.     In  the  beoinnina-  of  the 
year,  Elizabeth  Fletcher  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  from 
England,  landed  at  Dublin  and  made  a  few  prose-  Elizabeth 
htes.    For  preaching  in  the  Church  of  St.  Audeon  EUzabetk 
in  that  cit)',  they  were  imprisioned  by  order  of  the  Smith 

^  Rutty, <)\. 

^  Ibid.,  87-91 ;  Edmundson,  16-29  !  /•^""O'^  I>  256-270. 


20  Immigration  of  tJic  Irish  Quakers 

Lord  Mayor,  in  Newgate.  After  their  release 
they  had  a  meeting  at  the  house  of  Richard  Foukes, 
a  tailor,  near  Polegate.  This  was  the  earliest 
meetinir  of  Friends  held  in  Dublin,  althouo^h  the 
first  established  meeting  in  that  city  was  at  George 
Latham's  near  Polegate.  From  Dublin  these 
faithful  women  traveled  south  into  Munster,  hold- 
ing meetings  in  the  towns  through  which  they 
passed.  At  Youghall,  among  numerous  converts, 
were  Captain  James  Sicklemore  and  Lieutenant 
Robert  Sandham,  two  of  the  Cromwellian  soldiers 
stationed  in  that  town.  Elizabeth  Fletcher  and 
Elizabeth  Smith  were  the  first  Quakers  to  enter 
Cork,  and  in  that  city  an  equal  success  attended 
their  efforts. 

The  summer  of  this  year,  1655,  '^  memorable 

for  the  landing-  at  Dublin  of  two  of  the  most  de- 

Francis  termiued  and  courageous  apostles  of  Quakerism, 

o<t.'gi  Francis  Howgill  and  Edward  Burrouorh.     Francis 


""^(^Wjf^ 


Howgill  had  been  educated  for  the  Church  at  one 
of  the  English  universities,  and  his  magnetic  per- 
sonality and  persuasive  eloquence  drew  so  many 
to  his  doctrines  that  he  is  conspicuous  in  the  an- 
nals of  Quakerism  as  one  of  the  chief  founders  of 


The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Irela7id    2 1 

the  Society.     Edward  Burrough,  perhaps  not  so  Ed-ward 
polished  a  man  as  his  companion,  was  one  who  >''^^'sono} 
performed  every  un-  Thunder" 

dertaking    with     all    ^^  ^~^  /p 

his    might,    and    his  ^'^^^l  ^^ yM^^^ '^fO 
power  and  vigor  as    ^^  ^/ 

a    speaker  were  so 

marked  that  he  was  known  as  "  A  Son  of 
Thunder."^  They  spent  three  months  of  aggres- 
sive work  in  Dublin,  holding  successful  meetings 
and  issuing  tracts  of  appeal  to  magistrates  and 
soldiers.  Then,  leaving  Edward  Burrough  to 
continue  the  work  in  Dublin,  Francis  Howgill  set 
out  in  company  with  a  cornet  of  the  army,  and 
others,  for  the  dangerous  journey  to  the  south  ot 
the  island,  visiting  only  the  "great  towns  and 
cities  ;  for  generally  the  country  is  without  in- 
habitants, except  bands  of  robbers,  which  wait  for 
their  prey  and  devour  many."^  At  Kilkenny  and 
the  coast  towns  of  Waterford,  Youghall,  and  Cork 
he  was  enabled  to  carry  on  successfully  the  work 
begun  by  the   women   Friends.     At  Bandon,    a  Cromzt'eiv. 

s>  J  Cornet  of 

large  market  town,  he  was  hospitabl)'  entertained  Horse 
by ''one  Edward  Cook,  a  man  of  ability  and  in-  ^^^Tr" 
fluence,  "  Cornet  of  Horse  in  Oliver  Cromwell's 
own  troop,    and  Receiver  to  the    Lord  Cork."^ 

1  Bed,  84. 

2  Edward  Burrough   in  a  letter  to  Margaret  Fell,  Barclay's  Letters  oj 
Early  Friends,  265. 

^  Rutty,  ^i,. 


2  2  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

They  went  toge  ther  tothe  church,  where  Francis 
preached  and  where  Edward  Cook  invited  the 
people  to  a  meeting  at  his  house  that  evening. 
Many  attended  this  meeting  and  there  embraced 
the  principles  of  Friends.^ 

At  Kinsale,  a  great  port  town,  Major  Stoding, 
Governor  of  the  fort,  was  kindly  disposed,  and 
numbers  of  the  soldiers  became  Friends.  Many 
meetings  were  held  in  the  garrison,  which  so  en- 
raged the  "priests"  that  they  informed  against  the 
officers  and  sent  to  Dublin  for  a  warrant  orderino- 
the  arrest  of  the  Quakers.  The  Governors  of 
Kinsale  and  Cork,  however,  having  a  friendly  re- 
gard for  Francis  Howgill,  did  not  enforce  the 
warrant  and  allowed  him  to  ofo  on  with  his  work 
unmolested.  For  his  encouragement  of  the 
Quakers  Major  Stoding,  shortly  afterward,  was 
dismissed  from  the  "commission  of  the  peace"  at 
Kinsale.  Colonel  Phayre,  Governor  of  Cork, 
seems  to  have  been  especially  impressed  with 
Friends,  for  in  a  letter  from  Cork,  Francis  How- 
gill  writes  to  Margaret  Fell  at  Swarthmore  Hall, 

'  Among  those  convinced  at  Bandon  at  this  time  was  Thomas  Wight 
(1640-1724),  son  of  Rice  Wight,  minister  of  the  town  of  Bandon,  and 
grandson  of  Thomas  Wight,  also  minister  of  the  same  town  and  originally 
from  Guilford,  in  Surrey,  England.  Thomas  Wight  is  to  be  remembered 
as  the  first  historian  of  the  Irish  Friends,  having  compiled  an  excellent 
contemporary  "  History  of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  People  called 
Quakers  in  Ireland,"  from  1653  to  1700.  His  manuscript  was  revised 
and  carried  down  to  the  year  1751  by  Dr.  John  Rutty  (1699-1775),  a 
Friend  of  Dublin,  and  a  native  of  England,  who  published  the  work  in 
Dublin,  in  1751.     (See  Rutty  in  Bibliography.) 


The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland 


*>     '*fc      'i 

t/«4t  j___  -^-r  i^ 


^,  *r!:  iA,  ^^^ 


SWARTHMORE    HaLL 
" — that   old   house   in   ancient  Lancashire 
Where   Fox,  the  high-souled  Founder  of  his  sect, 
Oft  sought  retirement  from  the  world's  loud  noise 
And  steeled  his  godly  heart  for  fresh  crusades." 
— John  Russell  Hayes. 

the  Headquarters,  as  it  were,  of  the  Society  in 
England,  that  the  Colonel  has  said,  "  More  is 
done  by  the  Quakers,  than  all  the  priests  in  the 
country  have  done  [in]  a  hundred  years."  Fran- 
cis then  says  of  his  work  :  "  Now  many  are  moved 
daily  to  bear  witness  against  the  priests  :  the  work 
of  the  Lord  is  great, — glory  to  Him  forever  ! "  ^ 

In    the  meantime   Edward   Burrough  had  left 
Dublin,    and     following    Howgill's    route    came 

'  Barclay,  268-9. 


24  Immigration  of  tJic  IrisJi  Quakers 

preaching  through  the  towns  to  Cork,  where  he 
met  Francis  again  after  a  separation  of  several 
months.  In  company  with  James  Sickelmore 
and  Edward  Cook,  they  went  to  Limerick  and 
attempted  to  speak  in  the  Church,  but  were 
rudely  driven  out  of  the  city.  As  they  rode 
through  the  streets,  Edward  Burrough  preached 
on  horseback,  and  outside  the  city  gates,  he  and 
his  companions  had  an  opportunity  to  speak  to 
the  orreat  multitude  that  followed  them.     Richard 

o 

Pearce,  an  apothecary,  and  others  of  the  city, 
became  Friends  as  a  result  of  this  preaching,  and 
a  flourishing  meeting  was  established.  The  min- 
isters now  returned  to  Cork,  but  the  "  priests  " 
Howgiiiand  had  been  so  active  durinor  their  absence  that  both 
Howofill  and  Burroug-h  were  arrested  and  carried 
to  Dublin  by  order  of  Henry  Cromwell.  As  they 
were  conducted  on  the  way,  the  guard  of  soldiers 
were  kind  to  them  and  allowed  them  to  hold  meet- 
ings in  the  towns  through  which  they  passed. 
After  seven  months  of  active  work  they  were 
finally  banished  from  Ireland  and  compelled  to 
embark  at  Dublin  for  England. 
Barbara  One  of  the  most  intrepid  of  these  early  ministers 
^Arrive"  ^'^^  Barbara  Blaugden,  who  made  two  effective 
visits  through  the  southern  part  of  the  island.  After 
an  adventurous  voyage  from  England,  she  landed  at 
Dublin  on  the  very  day  that  witnessed  the  enforced 
departure  of  Howgill  and    Burrough.      Nothing 


Burroif^lt 
Banished 


The  Begumings  of  Quakerism  in  Ii-cland    25 

daunted  she  gained  admittance  to  Henry  Crom- 
well, the  Lord  Lieutenant,  and  warned  him  of  the 
consequences  of  his  cruelty  to  her  people.  Her 
message  seems  to  have  had  some  effect,  for  Cap- 
tain Rich,  at  whose  house  she  was  staying,  told 
her  that  the  Lord  Lieutenant  "  was  so  troubled  and 
so  melancholy  that  he  could  not  go  to  Bowles, 
nor  to  any  other  Pastime."  ^ 

The  stream  of  Quaker  missionaries  continued  » 
to  pour  into  the  countr}^  so  that  nearly  two  hun- 
dred had  come  over  before  1700.  Dr.  Rutty 
shows  in  his  table,  that  during  the  first  century  of 
the  histor)'  of  the  Society  some  five  hundred  and 
fift)'  men  and  women  ministers  visited  Ireland.'- 

With  the  Restoration  of  Charles  II.,   in    1660,  Restoration  of 
Friends  everywhere  looked  for  a  respite  from  their  *^''"'"  °-^"^ 

1  1  .    .  ,-     ,       »,. ,  the  Organiza- 

persecutions,  but  the  nsmg  of  the  Fifth  Monarchy  tion  of  Quaker- 
men  under  Venner  gave  the  clergy  a  pretext  for  '^'" 
checking  the  growing  power  of  Quakerism,  and 
an  act  was  passed  forbidding  the  Quakers  to  meet 
in    public   worship.  ^      As   a    result,   persecutions 
among  the   Friends  in   Ireland  were   carried  on 
with  greater  rigor  than  under  the  Commonwealth. 
William    Edmundson    says :     "  Now    was    Kino- 
Charles   coming  in,  and   these   Nations  were  in  Persecutions 
Heaps  of  Confusion,  and  ran  upon  us  as  if  they 

'  Besse,  II.,  459. 

^ Rutty,  92-109,  351-363;  Bcssf,  II.,  458-9;  Backhouse,  51-3  ;  Bar- 
clay, 260-273  ;  Janney,  I.,  273-9. 
^Janney,  II.,  13-I4,   25-6. 


The  Restora- 
tion 


Edimmdson 
Secicres  the 


26  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

would  have  destroyed  us  at  once,  or  swallow'd 
us  up  ;  breaking  up  our  Meetings,  taking  us  up 
in  Highways,  and  haling  us  to  Prison  ;  so  that  it 
was  a  general  Imprisonment  of  Friends  in  this 
Nation."  ' 

At  this  time  Edmundson  was  a  prisoner 
at  Marysborough,  but  obtained  a  short  leave 
of  absence  from  the  sheriff,  went  to  Dublin  and 
petitioned  the  Earls  of  Orrery  and  Mountrath  and 
Sir  iNIorris  Eustace,  Chancellor,  that  Friends  in 
Release oj  the  nation  might  be  set  at  liberty.  He  says:  "I 
from  Prison  was  close  excrcised  in  that  Service,  but  the  Lord's 
Power  gave  me  Courage,  opened  my  Way  to  pro- 
ceed and  gave  Success  to  it ;  so  that  I  eot  an 
Order  for  Friends'  Liberty  throughout  the  Nation, 
though  they  were  full  of  Business  ;  and  Abun- 
dance of  People  of  all  Sorts  attending."  On  this 
as  on  many  similar  occasions,  he  seems  to  have 
exerted  a  strong  and  subtle  influence  over  those 
in  power,  and  we  may  well  believe  that  men  were 
drawn  to  him  by  his  attractive  qualities  of  mind 
and  person,  as  well  as  by  his  strong  and  noble 
character. 

The  persecutions,  however,  did  not  end  here. 
The  Church  of  England  being  now  thoroughly 
established,  the  clergy  bent  all  their  efforts  upon 
making  the  dissenters  conform,-  and  Friends  con- 

^  Journal,  45. 

^  Froude,  I.,  171-2. 


William  Penn:    Armour  Portrait 


Tlie  Begimiings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland    2  7 

tinned  to  suffer  for  their  non-conformity  until  the 
Act  of  Toleration  for  Protestant  Dissenters  was 
passed  in  1689,  in  the  reign  of  William  and 
Mary.  During  the  reign  of  Charles  II.,  1660- 
1685,  according  to  Rutty's  table,  seven  hundred 
and  eighty  Friends  suffered  imprisonment.^ 

It  was   during   this  time    of  persecution    that 
Thomas  Loe,  a  gifted  minister  of  Oxford,  and  at  Thomas  Loe 
one  time  of  Oxford  University,  made  one  of  his   wiiuam 
frequent  visits  to  Ireland,  and  at  Cork  converted  ^^'^'^  '^^ 
to  the  principles  of  Quakerism  the  young  cava- 
lier, William  Penn,  the  great  founder  of  the  Com- 
monwealth on  the  Delaware.' 

By  1668,  the  number  of  Friends  had  so  greatly 
increased  that  it  became  necessary  to  adopt  some 
form  of  church  government,  and  William  Edmund-  Organiza- 
son,  as  one  of  the  chief  instruments  in  g-atherinor 
and  preserving  the  Society  in  Ireland,  was  a  prime 
mover  in  the  work  of  carrying  out  George  Fox's 
scheme  of  organization  in  Ireland.  Provincial 
meetings  were  established  to  be  held  once  in  six 
weeks,  the  chief  business  being  to  take  care  of 
the  poor,  the  fatherless  and  the  widows  ;  to  see 
that  marriages  were  properly  solemnized  ;  and  to 
watch  over  the  moral  conduct  of  the  members.  In 
the  following  year  George  Fox  himself  came  over, 
and  he  and  W^ilHam  Edmundson  traveled  all  over 

'  Rutty,  367. 
^Jbid.,  \2\,  150. 


28 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Troubles 
Under 

James  H.  and 
William  III. 


Tyrconnel 


Terror  of 
Protestants 


The  Friends 


the  Island,  establishing  national  half-year  meetings 
and  monthly  meetings.^ 

Great  alarm  was  created  among  the  English 
and  Scotch  Protestants  in  Ireland,  by  the  acces- 
sion of  James  II.  and  by  his  measures  taken  for 
the  restoration  of  the  Catholic  religion.  The 
Earl  of  Tyrconnel,  a  strict  Catholic,  was  sent  over 
as  commander  of  the  forces,  and  immediately 
proceeded  to  disarm  the  Protestant  militia  and  to 
place  Irish  Catholics  in  the  Army.  This  innova- 
tion, and  later  Tyrconnel's  appointment  as  Lord 
Lieutenant,  together  with  the  efforts  of  the  Irish 
to  recover  their  confiscated  estates,  and  the  raids 
of  the  Rapparees,  caused  the  wildest  alarm  among 
the  Protestants,  and  they  trembled  both  for  their 
estates  and  for  their  lives.  Rumors  of  a  general 
massacre,  like  that  of  the  Rebellion  of  1641,  flew 
through  the  land,  and  many  of  the  terrified  people 
left  the  country  or  hastened  to  the  fortified  towns, 
such  as  Enniskillen  and  Londonderry,  where  at 
the  latter  place  the)'  bravely  withstood  the  siege 
of  James  in  1689.^ 

In  the  war  that  followed,  the  Friends  generally 
kept  their  places  and  maintained  their  meetings.' 
In  some  districts,  however,  the  danger  was  so 
great  that  members  moved  into  the  towns  until 
the  conflict  was  over.^     Those  who  remained  were 

^  Rulty,  127  ;  Janney,  II.,  170. 

'Joyce  in  Traill,  IV.,  6:6;  Lawless,  280-1  ;  Janney,  II.,  320-1. 

*  Rutty,  156. 

*  See  account  of  John  Barcroft  and  otber  Friends  in  Leadbeater. 


The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland    29 

continually  being  robbed  by  the  Irish  soldiers  and 
Rapparees.  In  this,  as  in  many  other  trials  which 
came  upon  him,  William  Edmundson  stood  forth 
as  the  sturdy  champion  of  his  sect,  and  on  many 
occasions  went  to  Dublin  to  solicit  the  govern- 
ment  in  behalf  of  Friends.  Tyrconnel  heard  him 
with  attention,  and  measures  were  taken  with  a 
view  of  protecting  the  Quakers  from  robbery  ; 
but  such  was  the  state  of  anarchy  prevailing  that 
no  effectual  remedy  could  be  applied.  As  the 
Friends  were  known  to  be  an  inoffensive  people, 
opposed  to  war,  the  Catholics  in  authority  were 
disposed  to  shield  them  from  the  severities  inflicted 
upon  other  Protestants.  But,  notwithstanding  all 
the  endeavors  made,  the  Friends  were  exposed  to 
great  perils.  Many  of  the  lostm  all  of  their  per- 
sonal property,  and  some  were  even  stripped  of 
their  clothino-  and  had  their  homes  burned  to  the 
ground.^  In  1692,  after  the  war  was  over,  it  was 
estimated  that  the  material  loss  of  Friends  through- 

O 

out  the  nation  amounted  to  ^100,000. 

After  the  landing  of  William  and  Mary  in  Eng-  The  Revoiu- 
land,  James  had  fled  to  France,  and  now,  with  the  *^°"'-°J '^^^ 
hope  of  recovering  his  lost  kingdom,  he  was  come 
again  with  an  army  into  Ireland.  During  the 
fierce  struggle  that  ensued,  the  Provinces  of  Lein- 
ster  and  Munster  were  ravaged  by  advancing  or 
retreating  armies,  and  many  Friends  who  contin- 

i/<"'«0'.  II-.  322. 


30  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

ued  in  their  homes  were  plundered  and  subjected 
to  gross  maltreatment  ;  but  not  being  classed  as 
belligerents,  their  lives  were  generally  spared. 
They  were  sometimes  enabled,  indeed,  to  per- 
form kind  offices  for  both  sides,  at  one  time  plead- 
ing for  their  Irish  neighbors,  when  the  English 
had  obtained  the  ascendency,  and  at  another  shel- 
tering the  Protestant  English  when  the  Irish  had 
gained  a  temporar)'  advantage. 
After  Battle  After  the  defeat  of  James  at  the  Boyne,  in  1690, 
oftheBoyne  j^jg  j^jgj^  troops  disbanded,  and  roamed  through 
the  country,  carrj-ing  terror  and  devastation  into 
William  Ed-  the  Protestant  districts.'  William  Edmundson, 
Sufferings  now  livmg  at  Kosmallis,  was  one  ol  the  greatest 
sufferers  in  this  war.  In  reading  his  quaint  and 
graphic  account  of  his  sufferings  and  experiences 
in  these  unhappy  times  one  is  filled  with  admira- 
tion for  his  courage  and  heroism.  At  one  time  he 
is  at  Dublin  telling  James  of  the  calamities  which 
have  fallen  upon  the  Protestants,  and  at  another 
he  risks  his  life  in  pleading  with  infuriated  English 
soldiers  for  his  Irish  neighbors.  He  relates  that 
after  the  Battle  of  Boyne,  the  Rapparees  burst 
into  his  house  one  night,  abused  his  wife  with  such 
violence  and  cruelt)'  that  she  died  soon  after,  and 
ruthlessly  seized  him  and  his  tvvo  sons  and  carried 
them  away  with  intent  to  hang  them.  This  crime, 
undoubtedly,  would  have  been  committed  if  an 
Irish  officer  had  not  opportunely  interfered. 

^Janney,  II.,  323-4. 


The  Beginnings  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland    3 1 

In  spite  of  all  the  trials  and  hardships  so  nobly 
endured  in  his  foster  land,  and  in  spite  of  long  and 
wearisome  joumevs  in  Europe  and  America, 
\\  uliam  Edmundson  hved  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  Pc-c^i 
eight\--hve,  and  on  the  Thirt\--tirst  day  of  the  Sixth 
Month  (O.  S.V  1 712.  departed  this  life,  well  de- 
sen-ing  the  name.  Father  of  Irish  Quakerism.'      ^  / 

After  William  III.  had  brought  the  nation  into 
a  peaceful  condition,  the  Friends  continued  to  in- 
crease in  numbers,  and  during  the  next  half  cen- 
tury- many  new  meetings  were  formed.  At  the 
present  day.  although  the  Societ}-  has  greatiy 
decreased,  there  still  remains  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  meetings,  many  of  which  are  well  attended. 


CHAPTER   IV. 

RACIAL    ORIGIN    OF   THE    FRIENDS    OF    IRELAND 


T' 


Celtic-Irish 


*HE  converts  to  Quakerism  in  Ireland  were 
drawn  almost  exclusively  from  the  English 
and  Scotch  Protestants.     Most  of  them  had 
previously  been  in   membership  with  other  non- 
conforming denominations,  such  as  the  Baptists, 
Independents,  and  Presbyterians,  although  some 
few  had  been  members  of  the  Church  of  England. 
The  principles  of  Friends  in  early  days  found 
The  little  acceptance  with  the  Celtic-Irish,  nor  has  the 

Society  acquired  much  increase  in  after  years  from 
that  source.  For,  aside  from  race  differences  and 
antipathies,  arising  from  the  EngHsh  plantation 
system,  the  Irish  almost  to  a  man  were  Catholics, 
and  as  Beck  says  :  "It  seems  to  need  the  passing 
through  the  various  stages  of  non-conformity,  be- 
'  fore  a  Catholic  can  appreciate  the  doctrinal  views 
of  Friends."'  During  the  early  period,  at  least 
prior  to  i  700,  I  have  been  unable  to  find  in  Stock- 
dale,  Rutt)',  Besse,  Sewell,  Leadbeater,  or  in  the 
journals  of  ministers,  any  instance  of  a  Celtic- 
Irishman  becoming  a  Quaker.  Of  Besse's  two 
hundred  and  ninety-one  names  of  representative 

'  Tht  FrUmIs,  88. 

32 


Racial  Origin  of  Friends  of  Ireland        33 

Quaker  sufferers  in  Ireland,  from  the  rise  of  the 
Society  to   1689,  there    is    not  one  Mc  or  otheir/ 
Celtic  prefix  ;  all  are  old  English  names.^ 

Although  the  statement  of  Joyce  -  and  Prender- 
gast,  that  the  Cromwellian  settlers  were  absorbed 
by  the  Irish  in  two  generations,  may  be  true  to  a 
large  extent  of  the  other  Protestants,  it  is,  I  be- 
lieve, by  reason  of  the  strict  church  discipline 
which  obtained,  but  slightly  true  of  those  who  re- 
mained in  the  Society  of  Friends.^  Apropos  of 
this,  John  Grubb  Richardson  (181 3-1890),  a 
prominent  and  representative  Irish  Friend,  says 
of  his  family  :  "  We  were  members  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  our  forefathers  having  been  convinced 
by  the  preaching  of  William  Edmundson  in  1660. 
All  our  ancestors  came  from  the  north  of  Encrland 
in  Cromwell's  army,  and  received  grants  of  land 
from  him  to  settle  in  Ireland."'* 

In  the  migration  of  the  Irish  Quakers  to  Penn- 
sylvania, there  were  represented  only  five  sur- 
names   with    the    Celtic    prefix    M'^  —  McCool, 

^Besse,  II.,  457-493- 

^Traill,  IV.,  343. 

'  Rutty  states  in  his  table  of  meetings  in  Ireland  [Rise  and  Progress, 
page  350)  that  between  1714  and  1739  a  small  meeting  was  established  at 
Connaught,  the  province  to  which  the  Irish  were  expelled  in  the  Cromwel- 
lian Settlement,  and  it  is  possible  that  the  members  of  this  meeting  were  ot 
Celtic- Irish  stock,  but  unfortunately  I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  data 
bearing  on  the  point.  I  am  able  to  state,  however,  from  my  examination 
of  Friends'  records  of  Pennsylvania,  that  no  members  from  this  meeting 
came  over  during  the  emigration  period,  16S2-1750. 

^Richardson,  217-218. 


34  I>mnigratio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

McMollin,  or  McMillan,  McClum,  McNabb,  and 
McXice  ;  but,  as  this  prefix  is  common  to  both 
Irish  and  Scotch  surnames,  it  is  unsafe  to  use  it  as  a 
means  of  distinction.  The  McCool  and  McMollin 
families  were  from  Ballinacree  Meeting,  near  Bal- 
lymoncy.  County  Antrim,  in  the  midst  of  the 
"Scotch  country,"  hence  if  any  distinction  can  be 
made,  it  lies  in  favor  of  the  Scotch  or  Scotch-Irish 
descent.  The  McClums  were  from  County  West 
Meath  ;  the  McNabbs  from  County  Meath,  and  the 
NcNices  from  County  Cavan,  localities  in  which 
the  Scotch  had  also  settled,  although  not  in  such 
o^reat  numbers  as  in  the  more  northern  counties. 
The  only  Quaker  family  with  a  distinctively  Irish 
name,  that  came  over  to  Pennsylvania,  was  that  of 
(the  O'Mooneys,  who  came  from  Ballinacree  Meet- 
ing, and  settled  at  Sadsbury,  Lancaster  County. 

In  a  letter  of  1898,^  John  Bewley  Beale,  an 
Irish  Friend,  writes  :  "  There  were  additions  from 
the  pure  Irish  stock  to  the  Society,  but  much 
fewer  in  number  than  from  the  Protestant  settlers 
and  their  descendants.  We  have  some  Irish 
names  amongst  us  still,  such  as  Murphy,  Mac- 
quillan,  etc."  This  view  is  confirmed  still  further 
by  Joseph  Radley,  until  recently  Headmaster  of 
Ulster  Provincial  School,  the  P'riends'  School,  at 
Prospect  Hill,  Lisburn,  Ireland.     He  writes  (May 

'  From  Dublin,  dated  3  mo.  5,  1S9S.  Kor  many  years  J.  Bewley 
Beale  has  had  charge  of  the  Friends'  records  collected  at  Friends'  Meet- 
ing House,  6  Eustace  Street,  Dublin. 


Racial  Origin  of  Friends  of  Ire/and        35 

7,  189S) :  "The  Quaker  character  found  little  on 
which  it  could  be  grafted  in  the  Celtic  population. 
This  was  almost  entirely  Roman  Catholic.  Con- 
sequently, but  few  names  of  the  old  Celtic  families 
occur  now  amongst  Friends.  A  few  O'Heils,  Mc- 
Quillans, etc.,  still  are  to  found."  During  my 
travels  in  Ireland,  in  the  summer  of  1900,  I  heard 
similar  views  expressed  by  many  other  Irish 
Friends,  notable  among  whom  were  John  Pim, 
J. P.,  of  Belfast,  for  many  years  a  student  of  the 
history  of  Irish  Friends,  and  Jane  M.  Richardson, 
of  Moyallon  House,  Gilford,  County  Down,  the 
author  of  Six  Generation  of  Friends  in  Ireland. 
My  own  conclusion  is,  that  the  increase  from  the  c 
Celtic  or  Hibernian  stock  was  very  slight  indeed,  1 
and  that  such  converts  as  were  made  were  ob- 
tained after  the  great  migration  to  Pennsylvania.  1 

The  Scotch  Presbyterians  had  come  over  in  The 
great  numbers  to  the  north  of  Ireland  during  the  '^"^'^  ""^ 
spread  of  the  plantation  system,  and  at  the  time 
of  the  Cromwellian  Settlement  constituted  the 
largest  part  of  the  Protestant  population  of  Antrim, 
Down,  and  some  other  counties  of  Ulster.  The 
early  traveling  preachers  of  the  Friends  report  in 
their  journals  that  the  meetings  in  the  "Scotch 
country  "  were  well  attended  by  the  Presbyterians. 
There  is  no  evidence,  however,  that  any  consid-i 
erable  number  became  Friends.  J.  Bewley  Beale 
says  in  his  letter  :   "  There  were  also  some  Ulster 


36  Iminigratioii  of  the  Irisli  Quakers 

Scotch  amongst  the  early  Friends,  but  I  think  the 
proportion  was  also  small." 

Quite  early,  meetings  were  established  at  Col- 
eraine,  Ballynacree,  Lisburn  and  other  places  in 
Antrim,  but  they  were  not  as  large  as  other  meet- 
ings without  the  pale  of  the  Scotch.  Thomas 
Stor^',^  in  his  account  of  a  religious  visit  to  Ireland 
in  1 716,  relates  that  at  Grange  in  Antrim  great 
numbers  of  the  Presbyterians  came  to  hear  him, 
and  that  one  of  their  ministers,  Moses  Cleck,  edu- 
cated at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  had  been  convinced 
of  the  Quaker  principles.  Prominent  among 
Scotch-Irish  Quakers  were  John  Chambers,  a  min- 
ister of  Dublin  ;  Alexander  Seaton,  of  Hillsbor- 
ough, County  Down  ;  Archibald  Bell,  of  Shankill, 
County  Armagh ;  Patrick  Logan,  of  Lurgan, 
County  Armagh,  and  his  son,  James  Logan,  later 
one  of  the  most  distinguished  statesmen  of  colo- 
nial Pennsylvania. 

(We  may  safely  say  that  the  great  majority  of 
the  Quakers  in  Ireland  were  English,  or  of  English 
Anglo-Irish  jescent.  Long  after  the  Cromwellian  Settlement, 
and  well  into  the  first  half  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, Quaker  colonists  continued  to  come  from 
England.  Some  of  these  were  members  when 
they  arrived,  and  others  became  members  after 
their    settlement.'     The    certificates   of   removal 

''Journal,  537. 

2 See  Mary  Leadbeater's  "Biographical  Notices"  of  the  most  promi- 
nent Irish  Friends,  from  the  rise  of  the  .Society  to  1828.  This  excellent 
work  was  carefully  compiled  from  printed  and  manuscript  sources. 


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Racial  Origin  of  Friends  of  Ireland        37 

which  the  Irish  Friends  brought  to  Pennsylvania 
show  that  many  of  the  emigrants  were  natives  of 
England  and  had  lived  but  a  few  years  in  Ireland. 
It  is  especially  interesting  to  note  that  so  many  of 
these  early  Irish  Friends  had  been  officers  and 
soldiers  in  Cromwell's  "  New  Model,"  and  that 
the  same  splendid  zeal  and  courage  shown  at 
Naseby  and  Worcester,  but  now  directed  in  a 
peaceful  cause,  contributed  so  largely  to  the  up- 
building^ of  Quakerism  in  the  nation. 


PART    II. 

THE   MIGRATION   OF  IRISH  FRIENDS 
TO    PEXXSYLVAXIA 


T 


CHAPTER   I. 

CAUSES    OF    EMIGRATION 


HERE  was  but  little  foreign  immigration  of  introductory 
Quakers  into  the  colonies  of  New  England, 


New  York,  and  the  South  during  any  pe- 
riod. The  Society  in  these  provinces  was  com- 
posed, for  the  most  part,  of  converts  and  the  de- 
scendants of  converts  made  during  the  period 
from  1656  to  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  century 
by  that  zealous  band  of  Old  World  missionaries 
under  the  stirring  and  effective  leadership  of  such 
men  as  George  Fox,  John  Burnyeat,  and  William 
Edmundson.  In  the  distinctively  Quaker  colonies 
of  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey,  however,  the 
Society  was  made  up  almost  entirely  of  immigrant 
Friends  from  Europe  attracted  by  the  superior 
opportunities  for  settlement. 

While  it  is  true  that  the  majority  of  the  Quaker 
settlers  of  Pennsylvania  came  from  England  and 
Wales,  it  is  also  true  that  a  considerable  body  of 
them  were  immigrants  from  Ireland,  who  took  a 
prominent  and  useful  place  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Province  and  rendered  an  important  contribution 
to  the  makinor  of  the  State.  Historians  hitherto 
have  overlooked  this  feature  of  the  early  immigra- 


41 


42  Iinniigyatio)i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

tion,   but  it  is  one    that  deserves  in   the   fullest 
measure  their  close  attention  and  study. 

The  Irish  Friends  removed    to  several  of  the 

American  colonies.     At  an  early  date  they  were 

on  the   eastern   shore  of  Maryland.     In    16S2   a 

shipload  of  them  came  to  West  Jersey.^     They  are 

also  known  to  have  orone  to  the  Quaker  settle- 

ments  in  the  Carolinas,-  and  Virginia.^     But  by  far 

I    the  greatest  and  most  important  migration  was 

/     that  to  Pennsylvania  during  the  period  1682  to 

1750,  and  it  is  this  movement  that  we  are  now  to 

consider. 

Causes       Although  the  causes  which  led  to  the  migration 

are  well  known,  it  seems  fitting,  if  only  for  the  sake 

of  completeness,  to  enumerate  and  briefly  discuss 

^  them.     The  religious  persecutions  were  powerful 

factors  in  the  movement,  and  duringr  its  first  stag^es 

gave  to  it  its  greatest  impetus.     Later,  however, 

'  These  Friends  were  from  in  and  near  Dublin,  and  having  purchased 
an  interest  in  West  Jersey,  they  chartered  the  ship  of  the  adventurous 
Quaker  captain,  Thomas  Lurting,  and  sailed  from  Dublin  the  latter  part  of 
September,  16S2.  In  about  eight  weeks  they  arrived  at  Elsinburg,  near 
Salem,  New  Jersey,  and  made  a  settlement  in  what  later  was  called  the 
Irish  Tenth,  in  Camden  County.  Here  was  established  Newton  Meeting, 
first  held  at  the  house  of  Mark  Newby,  one  of  this  company.  A  full  history 
of  the  Irish  Friends  of  the  Newton  settlement  is  given  in  Judge  John 
C\eratn\'%  StctchfS  0/  /he  Firs!  Emii;rant  Settlers  in  Newton  Township, 
Old  Gloucester  County,  IVest  Ncu  Jersey.  Also,  see  Clement  Papers, 
Vol.  \,  Hist.  Soc.  of  Penna.  ;  Mickle's  Reminiscences  of  Old  Gloucester, 
47;  A/ichener,  118;  Smith  m  I/azctrd's Register,  VI.,  1S4;  £o7i'den,ll., 
16;  Ne-J)  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  VII.,  45  ;  Coml/s  Friends'  Mis- 
cellany, Vol.  3,  p.  134  (Phila.,  1832). 

^ MS.  Friends'  Records;    Weeks,  115-I16. 

'  William  Edmundson'  s  Journal,  114. 


Causes  of  Emigj-ation  43 

especially  after  the  passing  of  the  Act  of  Tolera- 
tion of  16S9,  by  which  the  persecutions  were  some- 
what relaxed,  it  would  appear  that  the  economic 
restrictions  had  a  greater  influence.  Then,  too, 
along  with  these  causes  went  that  old  Teutonic  -' 
love  for  adventure,  that  same  historic  force  which, 
to  a  great  extent,  inspired  the  V'olkcrzuandcrwig — 
the  Wandering  of  the  Peoples — of  the  Early  Mid- 
dle Ages,  which  led  the  Angles  and  Saxons  to 
Britain,  which  took  the  Franks  and  later  the  Nor- 
mans into  Gaul,  and  which  led  to  the  discovery  and 
exploration  of  the  New  World. 

The  causes  are  given  herewith  under  the  two 
main  heads  :  I.  Religious  Causes  ;  II.  Economic 
Causes. 

I.    Religious  Causes 

The  Acts   of  Uniformity  passed  at  the  time  of  Religious 
the  Restoration  of  Charles  II.  continued  to  be  en-  '^^"^^^ 
forced  with  varying  severity  far  into  the  eighteenth 
century.     All  the  non-conformists  suffered  more  or 
less  by  them,  but  especially  the  Friends  and  Scotch-  Acts  of 
Irish  Presbyterians.      These  sufferings  were  re-  Uni/orvtUy 
lieved  in  a  large  degree,  in  1719,  by  the  passing 
of  an  act  which  allowed  greater  freedom  of  wor- 
ship.' 

The  Friends  were  continually  persecuted  for  Tithes  and 
maintaining  their  testimony  against  tithes.  Says  '^J^lYasfuai 
Rutty  (p.  364),  "  The  Priests  were  commonly  the  Dues 


Rutty,  2S2-3. 


44  Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Instruments  of  stirring  up  the  Magistrates,  and 
even  the  Rabble  against  them  ;  and  .  .  .  they 
very  frequently  had  their  goods  spoiled  and  taken 
away ;  sometimes  to  three,  six,  ten,  or  tv^renty 
times  the  value,  and  were  kept  Prisoners  several 
years,  and  sometimes  unto  Death."  During  the 
four  years  of  King  James  II.  (i  685-1 689)  the 
Friends  were  deprived  of  .1^1,583  worth  of  goods, 
and  twelve  suffered  imprisonment.  In  the  thir- 
teen years  of  William  and  Mar)'  ( 1 689-1 702),  their 
"sufferings"  included  ^13,724  and  thirty-three 
prisoners  ;  in  the  twelve  years  of  Queen  Anne 
(1702-17 1 4)  ^16,199  and  thirteen  prisoners;  in 
the  thirteen  years  of  George  I.  (1714-1727)  ^22,- 
513  and  twenty-seven  prisoners  ;  and  in  the  first 
twenty-seven  years  of  George  II.  (172  7-1 760)  until 
1 750,  about  ^38,726and  six  prisoners.  During  the 
whole  period  from  1685  ^^  175^  the  "sufferings  " 
amounted  to  ;^92,745  and  ninety-one  prisoners.^ 
OaUis  The  Friends  were  constantly  inconvenienced  and 
defrauded  in  business  on  account  of  their  refusal 
to  take  the  oath  in  a  court  of  justice  ;  "For  in- 
stance," says  Rutty,  "  in  the  county  of  Wexford, 
Thomas  Holme  [who  afterward  became  Surveyor- 
General  of  Pennsylva- 
nia] having  about  ;^200 
due  to  him  from  one 
Captain  Thornhill,  for 
which  judgment  was  obtained  against  him  in  com- 

>  Hulty,  367-8. 


'z  '^  y^^XyJt/  ifc  ^/cifM</cfy///l^  .♦X    J-^C  rtW^^VC-i   f^^^f 


^^L 


•/7^/lt'rJ  / 


t -^/c-  A^.t^/'.*-  l,^iT/'iiryc  C^'ff^/lir^  fj(ifc//fy  t\'a/i^U^ ^  \ 


?aS-4. 


Samuel  Stalliards  Certificate  of  Removal  from  Ireland 
TO  Pennsylvania,  1749 


Causes  of  Emigration  45 

mon  Law,  was  subpoena'd  into  Chancer)'  by  the  said 
Thornhill,  where  he  well  knew  Thomas  could  not 
answer  Oath,  and  so  this  Friend  lost  his  Debt.  And 
in  Dublin,  James  Fade  having  about  /'40  due  to 
him  from  one  Ezekiel  Webb,  was  by  the  said  Webb, 
subpoena'd  into  Chancer)-  and  because  the  Friend 
could  not  give  in  his  answer  upon  Oath,  he  not 
only  lost  the  said  debt,  but  was  constrained  to  give 
about  ^70  to  get  clear  of  the  Debtor."^  This  form 
of  persecution  continued  until  1719,  when  Parlia- 
ment passed  an  Act  which  allowed  Friends  to  sub- 
stitute affirmation  for  the  oath.- 

The  Friends  often  endured  the  greatest  cruel- 
ties and  depredations  at  the  hands  of  the  rebel- 
lious   Irish.     In    17 19    one  of  the    Irish    gentr)-,  Lawlessness 
lames  Cotter,  was  hancred  for  an  outracre  com-  'if  "'^ j^"''- 

•'    _  _  •^  _  -^  Catholics 

mitted  against  a  Quaker  family  of  Cork.  Upon 
this,  "All  Cork  and  all  the  South  of  Ireland  burst 
into  a  wail  of  rage,  and  the  Friends  were  marked 
for  retribution.  Placards  covered  the  walls.  .  .  . 
No  quaker  could  show  in  the  streets.  .  .  .  The 
passion  spread  to  Limerick,  to  Tipperar)'  and  at 
last  over  all  Catholic  Ireland.  Quakers'  meeting- 
houses  were  sacked  and  burnt.  Quakers  travel- 
ling about  the  countr)'  were  waylaid  and  beaten."  ^ 
The  rage  against  the  Friends  continued,  until  in 
1725  it  culminated  in  the  most  inhuman  and  bar- 

^RiMy,  137-S. 
2  Ibid. ,  2S2-3. 
^Froude,  I.,  481-S2. 


46  Immigi'ation  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

barous  murder  of  Edward  Johnston,  a  Friend  of 
Carroe.  ^ 

II.  Economic  Causes 

Economic       CroiTiwell  had  placed  English   and  Irish  com- 

causes      merce  on  an  equal  footing  ;  but  early  in  the  reign 

of  Charles  II.  an  Act  was  passed,  with  the  result 

that  all  export  trade  from  Ireland  to  the  colonies 

I  was  forbidden,  as  was  also  the    import  of  Irish 

Restriction   '  Cattle  into  England.     Dreadful  distress  all  over 

on  Manu/ac-  j^eland  followcd  immediately,  for  the  people  could 

ture  and  _  •'  ^         ' 

Comvterce  find  HO  market  for  their  produce.  When  the  cattle 
trade  ceased,  much  of  the  land  had  been  turned 
into  sheep  walks.  A  large  and  increasing  woolen 
trade  and  manufacture  now  sprang  up,  so  that  it 
became  one  of  the  chief  industries  of  Ireland  ; 
whereupon  the  English  merchants,  fearful  for 
their  own  trade,  in  1699,  succeeded  in  having 
I  passed  an  Act  which  forbade  the  export  of  woolen 
goods  from  Ireland,  and  thus  ruined  the  wool 
trade  of  the  Island.  About  40,000  industrious 
Protestant  workmen  were  thus  thrown  out  of  em- 
ployment and  reduced  to  poverty  ;  20,000  of  these 
emigrated  to  America.  Many  of  those  that  re- 
mained suffered  all  the  misery  of  famine.  Sub- 
sequently, almost  all  branches  of  Irish  industry 
were  interfered  with  and  suppressed  by  England.  -' 

As  an   example  of  this  distress,  may  be  cited 

^ibid.,  I.,  479-483- 

'Joyce  in  Traill,  IV.,  620-1  ;   Gardiner,  686-7  !   Lawless,  308-9. 


Causes  of  Emigration  47 

the  instance  of  Samuel  Combe,  of  Cork,  one  of 
the  Irish  Friends  who  came  over  with  his  famil)' 
to  Philadelphia  about  1 709.  In  his  certificate  of 
removal,  signed  5  jNIo.  26,  1709,  the  Friends  of 
Cork  say,  "  y"  sayd  Samuel  being  a  bristall  [Eng- 
land] man  came  over  into  this  Country'  with  his 
wife  som  time  after  y'=  Wars  ended  to  settle  in 
Corke  and  follow  y"  Cooping  trade  and  although 
he  was  observed  to  be  a  Laborious  painful  man 
ye  world  favoured  him  not  with  success.  We 
hope  and  Desire  it  may  be  better  in  that  Coun- 
trey  where  we  suppose  Avorkmen  of  that  Calling 
are  no  so  plenty  as  in  this  nor  materials  to  worke 
on  so  hard  to  be  obtained  as  here.'"-  Aeain,  the 
Friends  of  Waterford,  in  a  certificate,  dated  2 
Mo.  13,  1 71 2,  sent  to  Philadelphia,  for  William 
Moore,  say,  "A  great  Reson  of  his  Removeall  is  for 
want  of  a  good  Imploy  his  trade  being  bad  here."' 

At  times  the  landlords  became  very^  oppressive,  High  Rents 
raising  the  rents  all  they  possibly  could,  regard- 
less of  what  the  tenants  had  done  to  make  the 
land    valuable.     Much    land   was    held    on    lone 
leases,  and  when  these  expired  the  rates  of  re-  \ 
newal  were  made  almost  prohibitive,  many  tracts   ' 
of  land  being  secured  by  the  Celtic-Irish,  who  were 
ready  to  give  almost  an)'  price  to  recover  posses- 
sion of  the  soil.-     The  Friends  of  Cork,  in  a  cer- 

■  MS.  RecoiJs,  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting. 
^Bolles,  II.,  129. 


48  hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

tificate,  dated  5  Mo.  17,  17 10,  sent  to  Philadelphia 
for  Samuel  Massey,  tallow  chandler  and  soap 
boiler,  say  :  "The  cheife  motive  Represented  to 
us  for  his  Remove  is  y'  want  of  trade  to  answer 
y'  great  Rents  here  and  charges  of  his  family  w'''' 
he  hopes  will  be  easier  to  him  in  that  Countrj-  he 
is  Industrious  and  Carefull,  and  his  Conversation 
orderly  having  a  wife  and  five  children  besides  ser- 
vants."' 

The  majority  of  the  Friends  of  Munster  and 

many  of  those  of  Leinster  lived  in  the  cities  and 

Failure  of  towns  ;  but  those  of  Ulster  were  largely  farmers 

crops,  and  ^^  yeomcn,   and    were    directly   affected  by  the 

Famine  •'  / 

memorable  failure  of  crops  in  the  year  1729. 
I  Famine  and  sickness  prevailed  in  that  year 
throughout  the  whole  of  Ulster.  In  spite  of  aid 
from  their  brethren  in  England  and  in  other  prov- 
inces of  Ireland,  the  Friends  of  Ulster  suffered 
severely,-  and  it  was  evidently  this  calamity  that 
caused  the  Pennsylvania  migration  to  reach  its 
highest  point  in  this  year.  Crop  failures  seem  to 
have  been  frequent  in  those  times,  as  they  are 
to-day,  for  in  a  letter  that  has  come  down  to  us, 
Mungo  Bewley,  a  Friend  of  Edenderr)',  King's 
County,  Ireland,  writes  to  Israel  Pemberton,  mer- 
chant of  Philadeli)hia,  under  date  of  i  Mo.  16, 
1742-3,    "Some   time  Since  there  hath  been  a 

'  MS.  Records,  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting. 
^ Rutty,  lid. 


Causes  of  Emigration  49 

heavy  affliction  over  this  Nation,  which  hath  taken 
a  Number  of  People  off,  Some  for  want  of  Bread, 
and  many  with  Sore  Distemper,  among  wch  were 
Several  worthy  Friends,  .  .  .  but  at  present  is  a 
time  of  Peace,  health,  and  great  Plenty."  ^ 

^ Pemberton  Papers  (MSS.),  III.,  6l,  in  Library  of  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia. 


CHAPTER  II. 

INDUCEMENTS   THAT    LED    THE    H^ISH    FRIENDS   TO 
IMMIGRATE    INTO    PENNSYLVANIA 

William  ''  I  ^HE  scverc  persecutions  to  which  the  Friends 
nrcoTony  1  ^^'ere  subjected  in  both  the  Old  and  the 
New  Worlds,  but  especially  in  New  Eng- 
land, led  George  Fox  as  early  as  1 660,  to  suggest 
the  purchase  of  land  in  America  for  a  Quaker 
colony,  where  Friends'  views  and  principles  might 
be  fully  exemplified.^  Fox's  proposition  was  car- 
ried out  with  considerable  success  in  the  Quaker 
settlement  of  West  Jersey,  but  it  remained  for  the 
broad  and  liberal  mind  of  William  Penn  to  bring 
the  idea  to  its  fullest  realization  in  the  Province  of 
Pennsylvania. 

William  Penn  (1644-17 18),  as  we  have  seen  in 
a  preceding  chapter,  had  been  convinced  of  the 
His  principles  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland,  and  was  now 

Charter  ^^^  ^f  ^^^  most  prominent  and  influential  mem- 
bers of  the  sect.  As  one  of  the  owners  of  West 
Jersey  he  had  become  directly  interested  in  Amer- 
ican colonization.  His  father.  Sir  William  Penn, 
an  admiral   in  the   English  navy,  bequeathed  to 

■Frederick  W.     Stone,   in    ITiiisor,   III.,   473;    Pc-iina. 
XXI.,  page  XXX  ;  /ii</.,  VI.,  174. 

5° 


William  Penn:     Bevan  Carving 


Inducements  for  Immigration  5 1 

him  a  claim  against  the  crown  for  sixteen  thou- 
sand pounds.  In  payment  of  this  he  induced 
Charles  II.  ( 16S1 )  to  give  him  a  proprietary  char- 
ter for  forty  thousand  square  miles  in  America. 

Penn  immediately  began  the  work  of  settling  His  Scheme 
his  colony  of  Pennsylvania.     He  offered  to  sell         °-^ 

■'  ■'  Colonization 

land  at  verj'  low  rates.  "  He  proposed  to  estab- 
lish a  popular  government,  based  on  the  principle 
of  exact  justice  to  all,  red  and  white,  regardless  of 
religious  beliefs  ;  there  was  to  be  trial  by  jur)- ; 
murder  and  treason  were  to  be  the  only  capital 
crimes  ;  and  punishment  for  other  offences  was  to 
have  reformation,  not  retaliation,  in  view.  By  the 
terms  of  the  Charter  Penn  was,  in  conjunction 
with  and  by  the  consent  of  the  free-men,  to  make 
all  necessar}'  laws.'"-  These  proposals  attracted 
widespread  attention,  not  only  among  the  Friends 
and  other  persecuted  sects,  but  among  many  en- 
terprising people  who  wanted  to  better  their 
economic  condition.  The  stream  of  colonists  from 
many  countries,  more  especially  from  England, 
Wales,  and  Ireland,  now  set  in,  and  Pennsylvania 
was  rapidly  settled. 

The  constitution  drawn  up  by  Penn   provided  ConsHiuHon 
that  the  proprietor  was  to  choose  the  governor,        /J'^^^ 
but   the    people  were   to  elect   the   council    and 
also  the  members  of  a  representative  assembly. 
The  first  assembly,  called  by  Penn  soon  after  his 

^Thwaites,  The  Colonies ,  215. 


52 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Groulh  of 
the  Colony 


Penn's 
lontatioD 


arrival  in  16S2,  sustained  his  idea  of  government. 
Among  other  important  measures,  laws  were 
passed  providing  for  the  humane  treatment  of  the 
Indians  and  for  religious  toleration.^ 

Under  the  wise  and  benificent  rule  of  Penn, 
the  progress  of  Pennsylvania  was  rapid.  The 
care  taken  to  maintain  friendly  relations  with  the 
Indians  spared  the  colonists  from  the  cruel  Indian 
warfare  of  New  England  and  left  them  to  pursue 
the  arts  of  peace  uninterruptedly.  The  fertile 
soil  and  temperate  climate  made  agriculture  the 
chief  industr)-.  The  soil  was  carefully  cultivated 
and  gave  rich  returns,  the  principal  crop  being 
wheat,  although  there  was  much  variet)'  of  prod- 
ucts. There  were  some  small  manufactories, 
and  a  good  e.xport  trade  in  grain,  riour,  and  furs 
was  carried  on  with  England  and  the  West  Indies. 
So  prosperous  was  Pennsylvania  that  it  became 
one  of  the  richest  and  most  populous  of  the 
American  settlements  ;  and  before  the  Revolution, 
Philadelphia,  the  great  market  of  the  province, 
became  the  largest  town  in  the  thirteen  colonies. 

With  this  brief  account  of  the  beginnings  of 
Penn's  province,  let  us  turn  our  attention  to 
those  agencies  that  were  directly  influential  in 
leading  the  Quakers  to  come  to  the  "  Promised 
Land  "  of  Pennsylvania. 

From  his  first  convincement  W'illiam  Penn  had 
been  brought  prominently  before  the  Friends  of 


TInuaites,  2l6. 


Itiducements  for  Itywiigration  5  3 

Ireland,  and  was  often  able  by  the  use  of  his  power 
and  influence  to  relieve  his  fellow  members  from 
their  sufferings.  In  1669  he  had  gone  to  Ireland  His  Personal 
to  settle  some  business  on  the  Penn  estates,  but  ^"fi"^" 
was  so  affected  by  the  general  imprisonment  and 
persecution  of  Friends,  that  he  left  all  private  af- 
fairs and  went  at  once  to  Dublin  to  work  for  their 
relief  At  the  General  Half  Year  Meeting,  held 
at  his  lodoines  in  the  city,  an  account  of  the  suf- 
ferings  of  the  Society  was  drawn  up  in  an  address 
to  the  Lord  Lieutenant.  Penn  himself  carried 
the  document  to  the  Castle  and  presented  it  with 
such  success  that  Friends  in  prison  were  soon  re- 
leased.^ His  general  work  for  the  good  of  the 
Societ)%  his  own  sufferings,  his  writings  in  defense 
of  Friends'  principles,  but  especially  his  travels  in 
the  ministn.-  throuo-h  Ireland,  made  him  well  known 
to  Irish  Friends,  and  they  had  the  greatest  confi- 
dence in  him.  They  were  among  the  first  to 
whom  he  opened  his  Pennsylvania  project,  for.  on 
March  5,  16S1,  the  ven,-  next  day  after  his  Char- 
ter was  signed,  he  writes  to  his  friend,  Robert 
Turner,  a  Quaker  of  Dublin,  stating  that  his 
province  has  been  confirmed,  and  adds  :  "  Thou 
mayest  communicate  my  graunt  to  friends,  and 
expect  shortly  my  proposals."- 

The  series  of  pamphlets  descriptive  of  Penn- 

'Janney's  W'tlliam  Pain,  63-4;  Rutty,  134. 
-Stone  in  IMnsor,  III.,  477. 


54  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Q2iakers 

sylvania,    issued    by   Penn    and    others    between 
Descriptive  1 68 1    and    1 69 1 ,   Were  widely  scattered  throui^di 
Pamphlets    Ireland,  and  the  attractive  accounts  gave  a  strong 
impetus  to  the  first  wave  of  migration.     The  first 
of  these  pamphlets,  entitled  So7ne  Accotmt  of  the 
Province   of  Pctmsyhania,  etc.,   a  folio  of  eleven 
pages,  printed  in  1681,  contained  Penn's  propos- 
als for  setdement  and  a  general  description  of  the 
countr}'.     Other  pamphlets  went  further  into  de- 
tails, telling  of  the  rich  natural  resources  of  the  col- 
ony, of  improvements  that  had  been  made  and  were 
to  be  made,  of  the  best  kind  of  houses  to  build, 
of  the  ways  and  means  of  migration,  and  all  de- 
tails that  intending  colonists  mit^ht  wish  to  know.^ 
The  Free  Society  of  Traders  was  also  influential 
in  the  first  migration  of  the  Irish  Friends.     This 
Society,  consisting   of  over  three  hundred  mem- 
Activityof  bcrs,  made  a  purchase  of  twenty  thousand  acres 
'socfeT^of    °^  ^^"^  '"  Pennsylvania  with  the  purpose  of  devel- 
Traders      oping  it."    Several  of  the  prominent  Irish  Friends, 
as  Robert  Turner  and  Samuel  Clarridge,^  of  Dub- 
lin, John  White,  of  Carlow,    and  Dennis    Roch- 
ford,  at  this  time  residing  in  England,  were  mem- 

'  Stone  in  Winsor,  III.,  495-502;  reprints  of  pamphlets  in  Penna. 
Mag.,  IV.,  187-201,  329-342,  445-453.  VI.,  l74-l8l>  3'2-32S,  IX., 
62-81. 

2  Stone  in  ll'iiuor,  497  ;   Pi-nna.  MiJg.,  XL,  175-1S0. 

'Samuel  Claridge,  of  Dublin,  became  a  Friend  in  1655  (Rutty,  92). 
In  1660  he  was  imprisoned  in  Newgate  and  in  1661  in  Bridwell,  Dublin. 
He  also  suffered  persecution  in  1663  and  in  1669  (Bi-ssf,  466,  467,  471, 
473>  47^1  477)-  J"  1670  he  was  living  near  Nicholas  Gate,  Dublin. 
( Leadbcater' s  Bio.  Notices,  65.) 


Inducements  for  Immigration  5  5 

bers.  In  the  letter-book  of  James  Claypoole, 
secretary  of  the  Society,  we  find  a  collection  of 
letters  to  Turner,  Clarridge,  and  others,  telling  of 
the  acdvity  of  the  Society,  between  1681  and 
1683,  '"  the  work  of  setdement.^  Robert  Tur- 
ner, one  of  the  committee  of  twelve  at  the  head 

of  the  organization,  was  a  wealthy  Quaker  mer- 
chant in  Dublin,  and  had  already  been  acdvely 
interested  in  the  settlement  of  New  Jersey.  In 
1683,  with  his  daughter  and  seventeen  indented 
servants,-  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  colony, 
and  no  doubt  by  his  personal  influence  did  much 
to  forward  the  migration  of  his  countrymen,  "who," 
as  he  says  in  one  of  his  many  letters  sent  back  to 
Ireland,  "sojourn  in  a  Land  of  great  distress, 
wherein  I  have  been."^ 

During  the  period  of  migration  there  was  more  Favorable 
communication  between  Pennsylvania  and  Ireland  ^T'^^. 

■'  Returned  to 

than  has  been  generally  supposed.     People  were  Ireland 
continually  going  back  and  forth,  and  in  spite  of 
the    difficulties    and  slowness  of  travel   and   the 

^  Pfima.  Mar.,  X.^  iSS-202,  267-282,  401-413. 

2/^/,/.,  VII.,  334. 

^/iic/.,  IV.,  192-3,  v.,  37-50. 


56  Iinmig7-atio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

dangers  incident  to  those  primitive  times,  many 
letters  and    messages  were  exchanged    between 
the  colonists  and  their  friends  in  Ireland. 
By  the  From  the  first  visits  of  George  Fox  and  W'il- 

Minisurs  ^^^'^  Edmundson   to  the  Delaware,  before  Penn 
<^nd  received  his  grant,  to  the  end  of  the  eighteenth 

century,  a  steady  stream  of  traveling  ministers 
came  over  to  the  Province.  These  preachers,  and 
those  who  had  come  to  reside  in  the  colony,  car- 
ried favorable  reports  of  Pennsylvania  to  Ireland, 
and  no  doubt  did  much  to  counteract  false  rumors 
and  silence  objections  to  migration ;  for  in  the 
first  years  of  the  migration  many  Friends  took  a 
somewhat  conservative  attitude  toward  the  Penn- 
sylvania movement  and  carefully  examined  into 
the  reasons  for  removal,  as  is  instanced  by  the 
certificate  given  forth  by  Ballyhagan  Meeting, 
County  Armagh,  i  Mo.  31,  1682,  and  brought 
over  to  Middleton  Meeting,  Bucks  County,  by  the 
widow  Ann  Millcum  and  her  children,  who  arrived 
in  the  Delaware  on  the  ship  Antelope,  10  Mo.  10, 
1682.^  The  following  is  quoted  from  the  certifi- 
cate : 

"The    said    meeting    inquired    of  them    the 
Ann  reason  why  they  had  a  mind  to  such  a  great 

Miiicum's       journey,  havino-  no  man  in  their  family  except 

CerUficate  . 

they  might  get  a  servant  or  servants,  and  hav- 
ing no  want  of  things  necessary  for  a    liveli- 

^  Pinna.  Afag.,  IX.,  224. 


Inducements  for  Immigration  5  7 

hood  ;  the  said  Ann  Millcum  replied  that  her 
daughter  Jane  had  a  great  desire  to  go  and 
being  not  wiUing  to  part  with  her,  after  such  a 
manner,  was  rather  willing  to  take  her  adven- 
ture with  her  other  daughter,  and  so  go  all  to- 
gether, being  accompanied  with  another  daugh- 
ter of  hers,  and  her  husband  and  children  with 
several  other  neighbors  also,  and  seeing  it  was 
her  resolution  to  go  as  aforesaid,"  the  meeting 
gives  its  consent.^ 

There  were  many  friends  also  who  thought  that  to 
emigrate  was  to  fly  from  persecution  and  to  desert 
a  cause.  That  such  views  existed  is  shown  by  the 
certificate  of  removal  brought  over  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  16S3,  t)y  Nicholas  Newlin,  a  gentleman 

in   easy  circumstances,-  who  settled  in  Concord, 

then  Chester  County.    The  certificate  is  as  follows  : 

"At  the  request  of  Nicholas  Newlin  we  do 

hereby  certify,  that  the  said  Nicholas  Newland 

acquainted  our  mens  meeting  with  his  intention  Nicholas 

of  removing  himself  and  family  out  of  this  Na-  /"','!' \ 

t>  .'  Certificate 

tion  into  New  Jersey  or  Pennsylvania  in  Amer-  of  Removal 
ica,  and  we  have  nothing  to  charge  a«ainst  him 
or  his   family  as   to  their  conversation  in   the 

^  Reconis  of  Midd'etmun  Monthly  Meeting. 
^Futhey  and  Cope's  History  of  Chester  County,  668. 


58  Immigration  of  the  Ii'ish  Quakers 

world  since  they  frequented  our  meetings,  but 
hath  walked  honestly  among  men  for  aught  we 
know  or  can  hear  of  by  inquiry,  which  hath 
been  made,  but  our  Friends'  meeting  is  gener- 
ally dissatisfied  with  his  removing,  he  being  well 
settled  with  his  family,  and  having  sufficient 
substance  for  food  and  raiment,  which  all  that 
possess  godliness  in  Christ  Jesus  ought  to  be 
contented  with,  for  we  have  brought  nothing 
into  this  world,  and  we  are  sure  to  take  nothing 
out.  And  he  hath  given  us  no  satisfactory 
reason  for  his  removing,  but  our  godly  jealousy 
is  that  his  chief  around  is  fearfulness  of  suffer- 

o 

ings  here  for  the  testimony  of  Jesus,  or  courdng 
worldly  liberty — all  of  which  we  certify  from  our 
mens'  meeting  at  Mountmellick,  25th  of  12th 
Mo.  1682.  And  we  further  certify  that  inquiry 
hath  been  made  concerning  the  clearness  of 
Nathaniel  and  John  Newland,  sons  of  said 
Nicholas  Newland,  from  all  entanglements  of 
marriage,  and  that  they  are  released  for  aught 
we  find.  Signed  by  the  advice  and  in  the  be- 
half of  the  meeting. ■" 

"Tobias  Padwell, 
"William  Edmundson, 
"Christopher  Roker." 
(And  others.) 

^  Penna.  A/agazint,  VI.,  174;  Hallid.iv  J.ickson's_/(7f;^WK  Getiealog}', 
1 1 7-1 18.  The  above  copy  from  the  Pcnna.  Mag.  varies  somewhat  from 
that  printed   in  the  Ja.kson   Genealogy,  where  the  names  of  two  of  the 


Thomas   Penn 

Son  of  William  Penn  and  Governor  of  Pennsylvania 


sylvania 


Inducements  for  Immigration  59 

The  traveling  ministers  journeyed  from  meet- 
ing- to  meetinof  and  from  house  to  house  among- 
the  Friends  in  Ireland,  and  in  their  social  ming- 
ling  -we  may    well  believe   they   did  not  confine  Ministers 
their   discourse   to  religious   subjects,    but  when  /„"/^//^'f^ 
the  conversation  turned  to  Penn  and  his  colony,  teiio/Penn- 
an  interesting  topic  in  all  Quaker  households,  we 
may  be  assured  that  these  influential  preachers 
would  relate  to  their  eager  listeners  accounts  of 
their  travels  in  America,  and  would  give  glowing 
accounts  of  that    "sweet  asylum"  on  the  Dela- 
ware, where  the  broad  and  generous  terms  of  the 
philanthropic    founder  gave    opportunity  for  the 
oppressed  of  all  nations  to  find  a  home  with  re- 
ligious and  political  liberty. 

But  aside  from  the  work  of  these  traveling 
missionaries,  the  later  migrations  were  stimulated 

signers  are  given   as  Tobias-  Blachuell  [P/eadwci'l  ?'\  and   Christopher  I\o- 
■hcr  \_Raper  ?  \ . 

I  have  tried  to  find  the  original  certificate,  intending  to  reproduce  it  in 
this  work,  but  my  search  has  been  in  vain.  It  is  stated  in  a  footnote  of  the 
Jackson  Genealogy,  page  1 18,  that  the  copy  printed  in  that  work  "  was  taken 
by  J.  J.  Parker,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.,  I  Mo.  19,  1874,  from  the  original, 
which  was  in  the  possession  of  Nicholas  Newland's  granddaughter,  Mary 
Mifflin  of  H.irtford Co.,  Md.,  then  in  her  79th  year  "  ;  but  Gilbert  Cope,  of 
West  Chester,  in  a  letter  dated  2  Mo.  17,  1901,  corrects  this  statement. 
He  writes :  "  The  Jackson  Genealogy  is  in  error  where  it  says  that  John 
J.  Parker  copied  the  original  Newlin  certificate  in  1S74,  as  I  am  satisfied 
he  never  saw  it.  In  188S  I  made  an  effort  to  locate  the  old  document,  but 
without  success.  I  have  two  copies  from  different  sources  and  have  known 
of  others,  but  believe  no  copy  has  been  made  from  the  origin.nl  since  1820. 
Amongst  others  I  wrote  to  Joshua  Husband,  Dublin,  Hartford  Co.,  Md., 
aged  about  eighty,  a  grandson  of  Mary  Mitflin,  and  got  a  copy  of  a  copy 
made  in  1S20.  He  obtained  his  copy  from  some  one  in  Washington,  and 
perhaps  I  should  have  tried  to  trace  back  on  this  line  but  did  not." 


6o  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Friends       by  the  retum  to  Ireland,  on  short  business  trips, 
reiurnio      ^^  thosc  who  had  crone  over  to  settle  in  Pennsvl- 

Ireland  for  _  '^ 

short  I'isiis  vania  some  years  before.     In    1688,  Henry  Hol- 
linesworth,  of  Newark  or  Kennett  Meeting-,  who 

had  come  over  as  a  servant  to  Robert  Turner  in 
1683,  returned  to  Ireland  to  marry  and  brought 
back  his  wife.  In  the  latter  part  of  1713,  Benja- 
min Fredd,  of  Concord  Meeting,  who  had  arrived 
in  the  early  part  of  the  year,  made  a  business  trip 
back  to  Ireland.  Amos  Boaks,  of  the  same  meet- 
ing, came  over  in  1734  and  made  two  visits  to 
Ireland,  one  in  1735  and  the  other  in  1736.  In 
1738,  Chester  Monthly  Meeting  signed  a  certifi- 
cate for  Thomas  Faucett,  son  of  Thomas  Faucett, 
to  go  to  Lisburn  Meeting  in  Ireland.  Many  other 
such  instances  could  be  cited. 
Favorable  Then,  too,  numcrous  Irish  Friends  made  the 
journey  merely  to  see  the  country  and  to  visit 
friends  and  relatives.  John  Parvin  came  over  to 
Chester  Meeting,  in  1732,  to  make  a  short  stay, 
and  William  Lightfoot,  of  Moate  Meeting,  County 
West  Meath,  in  1725,  came  to  "visit  his  father 
[Thomas  Lightfoot] 
and  relations."  After 
his  return  to  Ireland, 


Reports  by 
Letters 


Inducanents  for  Immigf-ation  6 1 

Thomas  Hutton,  of  Carlow,  County  Carlow, 
under  date  of  6  Mo.  20,  1726,  writes  to  his  sons 
in  New  Garden,  that  "Cousin  Wm.  Lightfoot  tould 
me  y'  you  dwelt  in  love."^ 

The  number  of  favorable  and  urgent  letters 
written  by  the  first  settlers  back  to  Ireland  were 
strong  incentives  for  the  Irish  Friends  to  join  their 
relatives  and  old  neighbors  in  Pennsylvania.  By 
the  merest  chance  some  of  these  letters  have  been 
preserved  ;  but  from  hints  and  references  to  other 
letters  in  those  e.xtant  we  know  that  there  must 
have  been  many  others.  In  the  meeting  records, 
also,  there  are  frequent  references  to  letters  sent 
in  relation  to  the  business  of  the  meeting,  and 
often  these  afforded  opportunities  for  the  exchange 
of  personal  messages.  All  these  letters  were  read 
with  the  greatest  interest  in  Ireland,  and  passed 
from  house  to  house  in  a  neighborhood,  a  custom 
also  in  Pennsylvania  when  letters  came  from  the 
old  home. 

These  letters  afford  us  interesting  glimpses  of 
the  migratory  movement  and  of  the  social  side  of 
colonial  life.  A  few  of  the  first  letters  were 
printed  in  the  descriptive  pamphlets,  but  the  first 
manuscript  letter  that  has  come  under  notice  is 
one  to  William  Porter  in  Ireland,  from  Georee 
Harlan,-   a    Friend,    who    had    come    over    from 

^Hutton  Letters  (MSS. ). 

2  Taylor  Papers  (MSS.),  Miscellaneous,  No.  3307,  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia. 


62  hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Donnahlong,  County  Down,  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, about  1687,  and  who  at  the  time  of  his  writ- 
ing, 10  Mo.  27,  1696,  was  living  on  Brandywine 
Creek,  in  Chester  count}^  just  over  the  famous 
circular  line  of  Delaware.  The  communication 
relates  particularly  to  the  estate  of  Thomas  Childs, 
an  Irishman,  who  had  died  in  New  Castle  County, 
at  the  house  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth,  another 

Irish  Friend.     It  is  as  follows  : 

"  Brandywine  Creek, 
"the  27"'  of  y'  lo""  month  1696. 

"Loving  Friend 

"William  Porter  This  may  acquaint  thee  that 
I  have  Received  4  Letters  from  thee  all  of  one 
date  and  tennor  being  y'  20th  of  y^  9"'  m.  '95 
in  Relation  to  Mary  Child  whose  Son  Thomas 
Died  Something  more  than  two  years  Since 
at  Vallentine  Hollingsworths  he  hapning  to  fall 
Sick  there,  &  as  to  what  is  Reported  Concern- 
ing his  Bequest  to  his  mother  I  have  here  Sent 
thee  the  Coppy  of  his  W'ill  on  the  other  side. 
...  I  was  with  him  in  time  of  his  Sickness 
and  he  being  about  to  make  liis  will  I  put  him 
in    mind    of  his    Relations  in   Ireland  and  liis 


Inducements  for  hnniigration  63 

answer  was  thus  he  had  never  Received  any 
Letter  Since  he  had  been  in  the  Countrie  from 
any  of  them  Replying  further  he  had  been 
troublesom  to  his  friends  in  his  Life  time  & 
Questioning  by  Reason  of  the  W'arrs  and  Mor- 
tallity  that  had  been  of  Late  in  Ireland  whoe 
of  his  relations  might  be  Living  or  Dead  and  to 
Impose  Soe  troublesom  an  undertaking  uppon 
his  friends  (as  the  making  Sale  of  what  he  had 
&  turning  it  into  mony.  .  .  .)  he  would  not  doe 
it. 

"  Mine  with  my  Wifes  dear  Love  is  Remem- 
bered unto  thee  &  to  the  Rest  of  our  friends  & 
relations  Let  my  Bro  understand  that  wee  are 
all  indiffrent  well  &  Know  of  no  alteration  Since 
I  wrote  by  Thomas  Musgrave  my  Wifes  dear 
Love  is  Remembred  in  perticular  to  Robert 
Hoop  and  Elenor  ;  having  often  desired  to  hear 
from  them  Soe  having  not  Else  at  present  but 
remain  thy  friend 

zx 


[Endorsed.] 
"Coppy  of  a  Letter 
to  William  Porter  in 
Ireland." 


64 


hmnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Thomas 

Hullon's 

Letters 


Hutton  Letter 

No.  I 


A  series  of  four  letters^  written  by  Thomas  Hut- 
ton,  of  Carlow,  Ireland,  to  his  sons  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, are  interesting  and  full  of  news.  The 
Huttons,  yeomen  by  occupation,  lived  at  first  in 
New  Garden,  Chester  County,  but  later  some  of 
them  removed  to  the  Friends'  settlement  in  Berks 
County.  Extracts  from  each  of  these  letters  are 
here  inserted  : 

No.  I. 

CARLO,  6  mo.  20,  1726.  To  children  Joseph, 
Nehemiah,  and  John  Hutton,  New  Garden 
Township,  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Letters  dated  12 
mo.  20,  last,  have  been  received.  "Wm.  Ma- 
lones  family  y'  now  is  in  y^  small  pox  himself 
and  3  of  his  children  but  is  likely  to  get  over  it 
except  little  Tom."  Let  James  Starr  and  his 
wife  hear  this  letter.  "I  cannot  get  your  sisters 
with  their  husbands  in  mind  to  come  to  you  & 
they  are  hard  set  to  pay  what  they  ow  and  So 
is  Sam  White  his  children  is  all  got  over  ye 
small  pox  Samuel  Wattsons  wife  is  dead.  She 
was  an  honest  Concerned  friend  Bro :  Russel  & 
his  children  are  all  well  Sam  Laybourn  wife  & 
his  2  sons  is  well,"  etc.  "We  have  a  good 
harvest  time  as  ever  I  remember,  but  had  a 
great  wind  y"  last  day  or  2  of  last  month  which 


'The  original  Hutton  letters  were  in  the  possession  of  the  late  Samuel 
L.  .Sraedlev,  of  I'hiladelphia.  These  extracts  were  made  frona  copies  in 
the  collection  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West  Chester,  I'a. 


Inducements  for  Immigratioji  65 

did  shake  much  corn  &  frute  land  is  ver}-  deer 
&  Corn  Cheap  at  present  as  also  woll,  but 
cattle  gives  a  good  price.  I  desire  you  to  re- 
member my  love  to  my  relations  and  friends  y' 
went  hence  as  if  I  had  named  them  one  by  one 
for  they  are  often  with  you  in  my  mind  and  so 
shall  conclude  with  my  deare  love  once  more  to 
you  my  dear  Children  &  bids  you  farewell  fare- 
well in  y'  which  Changes  not." 


(^ort^  ^^aM^K 


No.  2. 

CARLO,  3  mo.  20,  1 732.  To  "  Xehemiah  Hut-  HuttonLetter 
ton  Living  it  Antilea,"  [Berks  (?)  County.]  '^^°- 
Letter  of  the  14th  inst.  received.  "You  have 
some  friends  near  where  ships  harbours  y* 
Comes  to  Ireland,  &  may  send  [letters  ?]  in 
order  to  be  ready  at  such  times.  Your  Mother 
is  not  pleased  that  your  Account  is  so  short 
about  Ja;  Starr  and  thought  he  might  have 
sent  her  a  few  lines  himself  for  w[e]  wrote  to 
him  along  with  you,  neither  do  we  know  where 
he  and  his  family  dwells,  for  Nehe:  writes  in 
his  of  8  f  1730  y'  they  were  to  go  to  one  place. 
&  now  mentions  some  others  and  to  not  him 
nor  Moses  Starr,  so  let  us  know  how  they  are 
&  where,"  etc.  "Let  me  know  whether  your 
ground  is  Come  to  gras  any  better  and  if  your 


66  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Qiiakers 

stock  increases  for  we  hear  y'  grass  doth  not 
mend  and  that  your  ground  will  not  bring  3 
crops,"  etc. 


No.  4 


'Thomas  Huttox." 


No. 


Hution  DUBLIN,  2  mo.  25,  1733.     To  Joseph  and 

Letter        John  Hutton,  New  Garden  Township,  Chester 

Count)-.     Letter  of  7  mo.  28,  1732  received  10 

mo.    28.      "Tell  Rob:    Sharmon   I   writ  to  his 

father  &   am   glad  to  hear  y'  hes  like  to   do 

well." 

"Thomas  Hutton." 

No.  4. 

Huito,i  DATED   I    mo.  22,  1733-4.     To  Nehemiah 

Letter  Hutton,  "  Liveing  beyond  Oly  in  Philadelphia 
[now  Berks]  County."  Received  a  letter  from 
Joseph,  from  Philadelphia,  9  mo.  22,  dated  7 
mo.  20,  1 733 ;  also  one  from  Joseph  and  John 
on  19th  inst.,  dated  10  mo.  i8th  last.  "Lett 
me  know  if  thou  has  got  a  Patent  for  thy  Land 
&  how  thou  Likes  it  &  whether  there  be  much 
fla.\  in  that  part  of  y'  Country  or  in  any  of 
Pensilvenia,  for  he  I  send  this  by  intends  to 
move  thither  from  Belfast  &  he  says  there  coms 
a  deal  of  flax-seed  into  Ireland  thence  to  sell 
very  good  seed  it  exceds  dutch  seed  much  & 
y'  there  is  a  ship  from  thence  with  wheat  which 


hidncements  for  hnmigration  67 

is  well  for  Corn  was  like  to  be  deer  if  it  did  not 
com  from  other  places,  y'  wheat  was  sold  for 
1 6s.  a  barall,"  etc. 

"Thomas  Hutton." 

Benjamin  Holme,  of  Cork,  under  date  of  9  mo 
I.  1736.  writes  to  Israel  Pemberton,  merchant  of 
Philadelphia,  "I  have  wrote  a  Letter  to  William 
Hudson  &  Sam"  Preston  &  thee  &  some  other 
friends  to  Endavor  to  promoate  the  historj-  of  the 
Settlement  of  friends  &  progress  of  truth. "^ 

The    following  quaint  letter^'  was   written    by 
John  Carpenter,  while  traveling  in  Ireland,  to  his  joHn 
tnend  and  neighbor,  .Michael  Greo-o-   of  Chester  <='''-P'"t'^^ 
County      Unfortunately  we   have  tut    this    one  /^t/.,^ 
letter  of  his  ;  had  more  of  his  letters  come  down 
to  us  we  should,  no  doubt,  learn  as  to  whether  he 
found  the  giris  in  England  more  to  his  "fansy" 
and  not  so  much  Hke  -Prispaterans,"  and  whether 
he  hnally  met  the  "trusty  Companion"  for  whom 
he  seems  to  have  been  seekincr. 

"DuxGAXxox  THE  CouxT\^  Teroxe  [Tyrone] 

"r  ig'^of  y^s'^mo:  1755 
"Respected  Friend:  Now  having  an  oper- 
tunity  to  Send  thee  a  few  Lines  by  way  of  Love 
and  Respects  to  thee  to  let  thee  know  that  I  am 
Safe  arivd  in  Ireland  and  is  now  in  good  helth  • 
hoping    that    these  will   find    thee  and  all  the 

'P^'berton  Papers  (MSS.),  HI.,  17,  Hist.  Soo.  of  Peuna 

,      ,?'  °"?°^'  ^^^„'^  '°  t^^  <^°"ection  of  Editor  William  W.  Pdk  of 
(he  Kennett  Square  ( Pa. )  AJvanci.  ' 


68  Imttiigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

family  in  like  manner ;  I  have  had  a  verj'  good 
Passage  of  four  weeks  and  two  Days  which  I 
was  ver)-  seasick  for  Nine  or  Ten  Days  and  I 
Cant  say  that  I  was  Right  well  all  the  Passage 
for  we  had  Very  hard  wether  and  I  was  a  little 
Sick  for  the  Most  part  but  now  I  am  in  good 
helth  thanks  to  god  for  the  same  I  am  very 
Avell  Satesfied  of  my  jurny  but  I  Could  be  bet- 
ter Satesfied  if  I  had  thy  Company  for  to  Travil 
with  me  for  that  is  all  I  w^nt  a  trust}'  Companion. 
"  I  yould  have  thee  not  marr}'  untill  thee 
Travils  Sume  the  girls  in  this  Country-  I  be- 
lieve thee  wod  not  fansy  for  the  are  more  like 
Prispaterans  than  Quakers  but  I  Dont  no  what 
the  are  In  England  but  I  hope  to  no  before  two 
weeks  for  I  Sales  in  five  Days  to  Liverpool  and 
from  that  to  London  by  land  So  no  more  at 
present  but  Remember  my  love  to  all  thy  broth- 
ers and  Sisters  I  Do  Expt  to  Return  to  Pensyl- 
vania  a  bought  harvest  If  I  Can  but  I  no  the 
seas  will  be  fowl  before  then  We  have  an  ac- 
count that  there  never  was  such  Preparation  for 
war  no  more  at  present  but  Remains  thy  Re- 
spected  friend  .,j^^^  Carpenter." 

"To 

Michael  Grecro- 

In  Kennett  Township 

Chester  County 

Pensylvania." 


Inducements  for  Immigration  69 

By  far  the  most  important  and  comprehensive  Robert 
of  these  letters  is  that  written  by  Robert  Parke  l^^^J 
(1694 '5-1 736  7),of  near  Chester,  to  his  sister  Mary,   '725 

wife  of  Thomas  YdX- 
iTr  /?  Loo?  u  /  entine',  of  Ballybrum- 

^±^hMJU^^^_    l^ill.    County    Carlow, 

and  as  it  throws  such 
a  flood  of  light  on  all  phases  of  our  subject,  I  ven- 
ture to  insert  it  in  full.  But  first,  a  few  details 
about  the  Parke  family,  by  way  of  introduction, 
will  give  a  better  understanding  of  the  migration 
of  a  representative  Irish  Quaker  family. 

Thomas    Parke    (i 660-1 738),     the     father    ol   The Parke 
Robert  Parke,  was  y^         Hi      M  fmi-ra/e 

a  farmer  and  owned    ^ 7^/ e/^^t^^ 

several     tracts      of  '  ^^ 

land  in  Ballilean,  Ballaghmore,  and  Coolisnack- 
tah,  County  Carlow.  On  May  21,  1724,  with  all 
of  his  family,  excepting  two  married  daughters, 
he  took  passage  at  Dublin,  on  the  ship  Sizargli,  of 
Whitehaven,  Jeremiah  Cowman,  master,  and  after 
a  rough  passage  of  three  months,  on  August  21st 
arrived  in  Delaware  Bay.  Thomas  leased  a 
property  from  an  Irish  Friend,  Mary  Head,  near 
Chester,  as  a  temporar)-  home,  but  on  December 
2d,  purchased  500  acres  from  another  Irish  Friend, 
Thomas  Lindley,  in  the  Great  Valley  of  Chester 
Count)',  on  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Downing- 
town,  where  he  removed  and  lived  the  remainder 


"o  Innnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

of  his  life.  His  son  Robert  was  a  clerk  at  Chester, 
and  for  some  years  acted  as  Recorder  of  Deeds. 
Robert  died  unmarried.^     The  letter  is  as  follows : 

Chester  Township  the — of  the  lo'^'Mo.  1725. 

Dear  Sister  Mary  Valentine,^ 

This  goes  with  a  Salutation  of  Love  to  thee, 

Parke's       Brother  Thomas  &   the  children  &  in  a  word 

Letter        j.^  ^jj  f^jg^^^jg  Relations  &  well  Wishers  in  Gen- 

erall  as  if  named,  hoping  it  may  find  you  all  in 
Good  Health,  as  I  with  all  our  family  in  Gen- 
eral are  in  at  this  present  writing  &  has  been 
since  our  arival,  for  we  have  not  had  a  days 
Sickness  in  the  family  Since  we  came  to  the 
Country,  Blessed  be  god  for  it,  my  father  in  Par- 
ticular has  not  had  his  health  better  these  ten 
years  than  since  he  Came  here,  his  ancient  age 
considered.  Our  Irish  Acquaintance  in  general 
are  well  Except  Tho'  Lightfoot  who  Departed 
this  Life  at  Darby  in  a  Good  old  age  about  4 
weeks  Since. 

I  Parke  Family,  in  Futhey  and  Cope's  History  of  Chester  County,  673  ; 
A  sketch  of  the  Parke  Family,  by  James  Pemberton  Parke,  of  Philadelphia, 
in  the  Chester  County  Journal,  issued  at  Downingtown,  Chester  County, 
Feb.  8,  1S68.  According  to  J.  P.  Parke,  Robert  Parke  kept  a  journal  of 
the  passage  over  in  1724,  and  also  of  a  voyage  made  back  to  England 
and  Ireland,  in  1727  ;  likewise  of  the  return  voyage  in  1728,  when  the 
list  of  passengers  included  sixty-three  servants,  of  whom  six  were  brought 
over  by  Parke  himself.  Unfortunately,  I  have  been  unable  to  locate  these 
MS.  journals,  which  no  doubt  would  contain  many  interesting  details  of 
sea-tr.avel  during  the  period  we  have  under  consideration. 

2  See    Taylor  /'a/^-ri  (MSS. ),  Hist.  Soc.  of  Penna. ;  letter  is  printed 
in  Penna.  Mag.,  V.,  349-352. 


Itiduccnicnts  for  Imtnigration  7 1 

Thee  writes  in  thy  letter  than  there  was  a 
talk  went  back  to  Ireland  that  we  were  not 
Satisfied  in  coming  here,  which  was  Utterly 
false:  now  let  this  Suffice  to  Convince  you.  In  FaUe 
the  first  place  he  that  carried  back  this  Story  '^'f'°''" 
was  an  Idle  fellow,  &  one  of  our  Ship-Mates, 
but  not  thinking  this  country  Suitable  to  his 
Idleness  ;  went  back  with  Cowman  again,  he  is 
Sort  of  a  Lawyer,  or  Rather  a  Lyar  as  I  may 
term  him,  therefore  I  wod  not  have  you  give 
credit  to  Such  false  reports  for  the  future,  for 
there  is  not  one  of  the  family  but  what  likes 
the  country  very  well  and  wod  If  we  were  in 
Ireland  again  come  here  Directly  it  being  the 
best  country  for  working  folk  &  tradesmen  of  a  Good 
any  in  the  world,  but  for  Drunkards  and  Idlers,   f;;""/^/'"' 

■'  _  _  '     working 

they  cannot  live  well  any  where,  it  is  likewise  an  Folk 
Extradin  healthy  country. 

We  were  all  much  troubled  when  we  found 
you  did  not  come  in  with  Capt.  Cowman  as  we 
Expected  nor  none  of  our  acquaintance  Ex- 
cept Isaac  Jackson  &  his  family,  tho  at  his  com- 
ing in  one  thinks  it  Something  odd  but  that  is 
soon  over. 

Land  is  of  all  Prices  Even  from  ten  Pounds,  Purcha$eoj 
to  one  hundred  pounds  a  hundred,  according  to  ^'^^'^ 
the  goodness  or  else  the  Situation  thereof,  & 
Grows   dearer  every  year  by  Reason   of  Vast 
Quantities    of  People  that    come    here    yearly 


2  Iminigratioii  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

from  Several  Parts  of  the  world,  therefore  thee 

6  thy  family  or  any  that  I  wish  well  I  wod  de- 
sire to  make  what  Speed  you  can  to  come  here 
the  Sooner  the  better  we  have  traveled  over  a 
Pretty  deal  of  this  country  to  seek  for  Land 
and  (tho)  we  met  with  many  fine  Tracts  of 
Land  here  &  there  in  the  country,  yet  my  father 
being  curious  &  somewhat  hard  Please  Did 
not  buy  any  Land  until  the  Second  day  of  lo"" 
mo  :  Last  and  then  he  bought  a  Tract  of  Land 
consisting  of  five  hundred  Acres  for  which  he 
gave  350  pounds,  it  is  Excellent  good  land  but 
none  cleared,  Except  about  20  Acres,  with  a 
small  log  house  &  Orchard  Planted,  We  are 
going  to  clear  some  of  it  Directly,  for  our  next 
Sumers  fallow,  we  miofht  have  bouijht  Land 
much  cheaper  but  not  so  much  to  our  satisfac- 
tion. We  stayed  in  Chester  3  months  &  then 
Rented  a  Place  i  mile  from  Chester,  with  a 
good  brick  house  &  200  Acres  of  Land  for  [?] 
pounds  a  year  where  we  continue  till  next 
May. 

We  have  sowed  about  200  Acres  of  wheat  & 

7  acres  of  rj'e,  this  season  we  sowed  but  a 
bushel  on  an  acre,  3  pecks  is  Enough  on  new 
ground.  I  am  grown  an  Experienced  Plowman 
&  my  brother  Abell  is  Learning.  Jonathan  & 
thy  Son  John  drives  for  us  he  is  grown  a  Lusty 
fellow  Since  thou  Saw  him,  we  have  the  finest 


Inducements  for  Immigration  -j-> 

plows  here  that  Can  be.  We  plowed  up  our 
Sumers  fallows  In  May  &  June,  with  a  Yoak  of 
Oxen  &  2  horses  &  they  goe  with  as  much 
Ease  as  Double  the  number  in  Ireland.  We 
sow  our  wheat  with  2  horses,  a  boy  of  i-  or  14 
years  old  Can  hold  Plow  here,  a  man  Comonly 
hold  and  Drives  himself  they  Plow  an  Acre 
nay  some  Plows  2  Acres  a  day,  they  sow  Wheat 
&  Rye  in  August  or  September. 

We  have  had  a  crop    oats,    barley  &  very 
good  flax  &  hemp,  Indian  Corn   &  buckwheat 
all  of  our  own  Sowing  &  Planting  this  Last  sum-  Oooa  o-ops 
mer,  we  also  Planted  a  bushel  of  white  potatoes 
which  Cost  us   5   ShiUs   &  we  had    10  or   12 
bushels  Increase,  this  country  yields  Extraor- 
dmary  Increase  of  all  sorts  of  Grain— Likewise 
for  Nicholas  Hooper  had  of  3  Acres  of  Land  & 
at  most  3  bushels  of  Seed  above  80  bushels  In- 
crease so  that  it  is  as  Plentifull  a  Countr>.  as 
any  Can  be  if  people  will  be  Industrious. 

Wheat  is  4  Shills  a  bushel,  Rye  2s.  gd  oats 
2.    3   pence,   barley    3    Shills,   Indian    Corn    2 
Shills  all  Strike  measure.  Beef  is  2%  pence  a  PrUesfor 
pound  Sometimes  more  Sometimes  less    mut-  ^'"'"' 
ton  2%,  pork  2%  pr  Pound  Turnips  12  pence  ""'"""" 
a  bushel  heap'd  measure  &  so   Plenty  that  an 
acre  Produceth  200  bushells.  all  sorts  of  pro- 
visions are  Extraordinary    Plenty  in   Philadel- 
phia  market,  where   Country  people  brin<T  in         • 


74  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Country 
Abounds  in 
Fruit 


Laborers' 
II  'ages 


Climate 


Dress 


their  commodities  their  markets  are  on  the  4''' 
and  7'''  day  [Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  crossed 
out]  this  country  abounds  in  fruit,  Scarce  an 
house  but  has  an  Apple,  Peach  &  Cherry 
orchard,  as  for  chestnuts.  Wallnuts,  &  hazel 
nuts,  Strawberrys,  Billberrys  &  Mulberrys  they 
grow  wild  in  the  woods  &  fields  in  Vast  quan- 
tities. 

They  also  make  great  Preparations  against 
harvest ;  both  Roast  &  boyled,  Cakes  &  Tarts 
&  Rum,  stand  at  the  Lands  End,  so  that  they 
may  eat  and  Drink  at  Pleasure.  A  Reaper  has 
2  shills  &  3  pence  a  day,  a  mower  has  2  Shills 
&  6  pence  &  a  pint  of  Rum  besides  meat  & 
Drink  of  the  best  ;  for  no  workman  works 
without  their  Victuals  in  the  bargain  through- 
out the  Country.  A  Laboring  man  has  18  or 
20  pence  a  day  in  Winter. 

The  Winters  are  not  so  Cold  as  we  Expected 
nor  the  Sumers  so  Extreme  hot  as  formerly, 
for  both  Summer  &  Winter  are  moderater 
than  they  ever  were  known,  in  Summer  time 
they  wear  nothing  but  a  Shirt  &  Linnen 
drawers  Trousers,  which  are  breeches  and  stock- 
ings all  in  one  made  of  Linnen,  they  are  fine 
Cool  wear  in  Summer. 

As  to  what  thee  writt  about  the  Governours 
Opening  Letters  it  is  Utterly  false  &  nothing 
but  a  Lye  &  any  one  Except  bound  Servants 


Induccnicnts  for  Immigration  75 

may  go  out  of  the  Country  when  they  will  & 
Servants  when  they  Serve  their  time  may  Come 
away  If  they  please  but  it  is  Rare  any  are  such 
fools  to  leave  the  Countr>'  Except  mens  busi- 
ness require  it,  they  pay  9  Pounds  for  their 
Passage  (of  this  money)  to  go  to  Ireland. 

There  is  2  fairs  yearly  &  2  markets  weekly  ^,,.,., 
m  Philadelphia  also  2  fairs  yearly  in  Chester  & 
Likewise  in  New  Castle,  but  they  Sell  no  Cattle 
nor  horses  no  Living  Creatures  but  altogether 
Merchants  Goods,  as  hatts,  Linnen  &  woolen 
Cloth,  handkerchiefs,  knives,  Scizars,  tapes  & 
treds  buckels,  Ribonds  &  all  Sorts  of  necessarys 
fit  for  our  wooden  Country  &  here  all  youno- 
men  and  women  that  wants  wives  or  husbands 
may  be  Supplyed.  Lett  this  suffice  for  our 
fairs. 

As  to  meetings  they  are  so  plenty  one  may 
ride  to  their  choice.  I  desire  thee  to  brincr  or 
Send  me  a  botde  of  good  Oyle  fit  for  guns  tliee 
may  buy  it  in  Dublin.  Martha  Weanhouse  Lives 
very  well  about  4  miles  from  James  Lindseys 
[Lindley's]  ;  we  live  all  together  since  we 
Came  into  the  Country  Except  hugh  Hoaker 
[or  Stoaker]  &  his  family  who  live  e'or  7  miles 
from  us,  &  follows  his  trade.     Sister  Rebecka 

was  Delivered  of  a  Daughter  y^ day  the 

1 1  month  Last  past  its  name  is  Mary.     Abel's 
wife  had  a  young  Son    12   months    Since  his 


76 


Iinmigratio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


What  to 
bring  to 
Pennsyl- 


name  is  Thomas.  Dear  Sister  I  wod  not  liave 
thee  Doubt  the  truth  of  what  I  write,  for  I  know 
it  to  be  true  Tho  I  have  not  been  Long  here. 

I  wod  have  you  Cloath  yourselves  well  with 
Woolen  &  Linnen,  Shoes  &  Stockings  &  hats 
for  such  things  are  dear  here,  &  yet  a  man  will 
Sooner  Earn  a  Suit  of  Cloths  here  than  in  Ire- 
land, by  Reason  workmans  Labour  is  so  Dear. 
A  wool  hat  costs  7  Shills,  a  pair  of  mens  Shoes 
7  Shills,  womens  Shoes  Cost  5  Shills  6  pence, 
a'  pair  of  mens  stockings  yarn  costs  4  Shills, 
feather  beds  are  very  dear  here  and  not  to  be 
had  for  money.  Gunpowder  is  2  Shills  &  6 
pence  a  pound.  Shott  &  Lead  5  pence  a 
pound.  I  wod  have  you  bring  for  your  own 
use  2  or  3  good  falling  Axes,  a  pair  of  beetle 
rings  &  3  Iron  wedges,  for  they  are  of  good 
Service  here,  your  Plow  Irons  will  not  answer 
here,  therefore  you  had  better  bring  i  or  2  hun- 
dred Iron,  you  may  bring  your  Plow  Chains  as 
they  are  also  a  good Iron. 

Letters  going  to  you  these  you  Accompt 
what  to  bring  into  the  Country  &  also  for  your 
Sea  Store  or  else  I  should  not  omitt  it  but  be- 
sure  you  come  with  Capt.  Cowman  &  you  will 
be  well  Used  for  he  is  an  honest  man  &  has  as 
Civell  Saylors  as  any  that  Cross  the  Seas, 
which  I  know  by  Experience,  the  Ship  has  been 
weather  bound  Since  before  Christmas  by  rea- 


Inducements  for  Imniigj-ation  7  7 

son  of  frost  &  Ice  that  floats  about  in  the  River  & 
the  Saylors  being  at  a  Loose  End  came  down  to 

Chester  to  See  us  &  we  have  eiven  them 

Dear  Sister  I  desire  thee  may  tell  my  old 
friend  Samuel  Thornton  that  he  could  mve  so 
much  Credit  to  my  words  &  find  no  Iffs  nor 
ands  in  my  Letter  that  in  Plain  terms  he  could 
not  do  better  than  to  Come  here,  for  both  his 
&  his  wife's  trade  are  very  good  here,  'the  best 
way  for  him  to  do  is  to  pay  what  money  he  Can 
Conveniendy  Spare  at  that  Side  &  Engage  how  to  come 
himself  to  Pay  the  rest  at  this  Side  &  when  he 
Comes  here  if  he  Can  get  no  friend  to  lay  down 
the  money  for  him,  when  it  Comes  to  the  worst, 
he  may  hire  out  2  or  3  Children  &  I  wod  have 
him  Cloath  his  family  as  well  as  his  Small  Abil- 
ity will  allow,  thee  may  tell  him  what  things  are 
proper  to  bring  with  him  both  for  his  Sea  Store 
&  for  his  Use  in  this  Country.  I  wod  have  him 
Procure,  3  or  4  Lusty  Servants  &  Agree  to  pay 
their  passage  at  this  Side  he  might  sell  2  &  pay 
the  others  passage  with  the  money.  I  fear  my 
good  will  to  him  will  be  of  Litde  Effect  by  reason 
he  is  So  hard  of  beleif,  but  thou  mayest  Assure 
him  frorr.  me  that  if  I  had  not  a  pardcular  Re- 
spect for  him  &  his  family  I  Should  not  have 
writ  so  much  for  his  Encouragement,  his  brother 
Joseph  &  Moses  Coats  Came  to  See  us  Since 
we  came  here,  they  live  about  6  or  7  miles 
apart  &  above  20  miles  from  where  we  live. 


78  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Unkle  James  Lindly  &  family  is  well  &  Thrives 
exceedingly,  he  has  1 1  children  &  Reaped  last 
harvest  about  800  bushels  of  wheat,  he  is  a 
thriving  man  anywhere  he  lives,  he  has  a  thou- 
sand acres  of  Land,  A  fine  Estate.  Unkle 
Nicholas  hooper  lives  very  well  he  rents  a  Plan- 
tation &  teaches  School  &  his  man  dos  his 
Plantation  work.     Martha  Hobson. 

Dear  Sister  I  think  I  have  writ  the  most  need- 
ful to  thee,  but  considering  that  when  I  was  in 
Ireland  I  never  thought  a  Letter  to  Long  that 
Came  from  this  Country,  I  wod  willingly  gi\e 
thee  as  full  an  Account  as  Possible,  tho  I  could 
have  ofiven  thee  a  fuller  Account  of  what  things 
are  fit  to  bring  here,  but  only  I  knew  other  Let- 
ters might  Suffice  in  that  point.  I  desire  thee 
may  Send  or  bring  me  2  hundred  Choice  Quills 
for  my  own  Use  for  they  are  very  Scarce  here 
&  Sister  Raichell  Desires  thee  wod  bring  hir 
some  bits  of  Silk  for  trashbags  thee  may  bring 

[buy]  them  in  Johns  Zane  [or  Lane]  also 

yards  of  white  Mode  or  Silk  for  2  hoods  &  She 
will  Pay  thee  when  thee  comes  here.  I  wod 
have  brother  Thomas  to  bring  a  good  Saddle 
(&  bridle)  with  Crooper  &  Housen  to  it  by  rea- 
son the  horses  sweat  in  hot  weather,  for  they 
are  very  dear  here,  a  Saddle  that  will  cost  18 
or  20  Shills  in  Ireland  will  cost  here  50  Shills 
or  3  pounds  i^  not  so  good  neither,  he  had  bet- 


Inducements  for  Inwiigration  79 

ter  get  Charles  Howell  to  make  it,  Lett  the  tree 
be  well    Plated  &  Indifferent    Narrow  for  the 
horses  here  are  So  Large  as  in  Ireland,  but  the 
best  racers  &  finest  Pacers  in  the  World.     I  have 
known  Several  that  could  Pace  14  or  15  miles 
in    an    hour,   I  write   within    Compass,   as    for 
women  Saddles,  the)'  will  not  Suit  so  well  here. 
I  wod  not  have  thee  think  much  at  my  Irregu- 
lar way  of  writing  by  reason  I  write  as  it  offer'd 
to  me,  for  they  that  write  to  you  should  have 
more  wits  than  I  can  Pretend  to.^ 
Parke's  influence  seems  finally  to  have  had  the 
desired  effect,   for  in  the  spring  of   1728  we  find 
Thomas  and  Mary  Valentine  presenting  a   certi- 
ficate of  removal  to  New  Garden  Monthly  Meet- 
ing, in  Chester  County. 

Hundreds  of  just  such  favorable  letters  and 
descriptions  found  their  way  to  the  Old  W'orld, 
urgently  setting  forth  the  desirabilit)-  of  removal 
to  America  and  presenting  the  special  induce- 
ments offered  to  immigrants  in  the  Quaker  Col- 
ony. These  pleasant  pictures  of  the  happy  con- 
ditions existing  in  Pennsylvania — the  great  and 
good  character  of  the  Founder,  his  wise  and  liberal 

'  The  letter  ends  abruptly  and  is  not  signed,  but  it  is  endorsed  on  ttie 
back,  "Letter  to  Mary  Valentine  from  Robert  Park,  lo  mo.,  1725."  It 
seems  to  be  a  rough  copy  kept  by  the  writer.  At  the  end  of  the  letter  is 
written  in  a  different  hand,  "  And  several  Letters  with  Long  full  of  ac- 
compt  of  al  things  George  Tooke  or  Rooke,"  and  on  the  back  of  the  let- 
ter the  name  of  Round  is  scribbled  several  limes  and  the  name  of  R.  D. 
Rownd. 


8o  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

laws,  his  cheap  and  fertile  lands,  the  mild  and 
healthful  climate,  the  successful  peace  policy  with 
the  Indians  which  Penn  adopted,  and  above  all 
his  religious  toleration — filled  the  minds  of  the 
poor  and  persecuted  of  Europe  with  ardent  long- 
intrs,  and  made  them  leave  behind  forever  kins- 
folk  and  fatherland  and  risk  all  that  was  near 
and  dear  to  them  for  the  long  and  perilous  jour- 
ney to  the  strange  land  beyond  the  sea. 


CHAPTER    III. 

PLACES    IN     IRELAND    WHENCE    THE     FRIENDS    CAME 

TO  make  some  attempt  at  an  accurate  deter- 
mination of  the  places  in  Ireland  whence 
the  Friends  emigrated,  an  examination  of 
records  of  all  the  monthly  meetings  in  Pennsylvania 
has  been  made  for  all  certificates  of  removal 
brought  over  by  Irish  Friends  between  the  years 
1682  and  1750.  With  these  data  as  a  basis, 
supplemented  by  additional  facts  from  authentic 
manuscripts,  county  histories,  genealogies,  and 
other  works,  I  have  compiled  the  following  statis- 
tical table  showing  as  nearly  as  possible,  the  num- 
ber of  adult  Friends  that  came  over  from  each  meet- 
ing, county,  and  province  of  Ireland,  during  the 
above-mentioned  period.  The  meetings  were  not 
as  careful  to  record  all  certificates  of  removal 
brousfht  over  durino-  the  first  two  decades  of  the 
colony,  as  they  should  have  been  ;  but  later  a 
faithful  account  was  kept. 

The  table  shows  that  from  Ulster  came  172 
adult  members  ;  from  Leinster  183  ;  from  Monster 
42  ;  and  from  places  which  are  not  specified 
43.  This  makes  a  total  of  440  adult  persons 
from  twenty-nine  or  more  meetings.     If,  however, 

6  81 


82  hmnigration  of  ike  IrisJi  Quakers 

we  count  the  children  and  the  women  whose 
names  evidently  have  not  been  recorded,  and  like- 
wise those  persons  of  whose  emigration  we  have 
no  record,  we  may  safely  estimate  that  at  least 
between  1,500  and  2,000  Irish  Friends  came  to 
Pennsylvania  between  1682  and  1750. 

County  Armagh  in  the  Province  of  Ulster  sent 
ninety -five  colonists,  more  than  any  other  county. 
Dublin  Meeting  sent  fifty-four,  more  than  any 
other  meeting,  Grange  Meeting,  in  a  country- 
district  near  Charlemount,  County  Armagh,  comes 
next  with  forty-one  ;  then  follows  Ballynacree,  an 
obscure  county  meeting  near  Ballymoney,  County 
Antrim,  with  thirty-five.  The  Friends  from  Ulster 
and  those  from  Leinster,  with  the  exception  of 
Dublin,  were  almost  wholly  from  the  country  dis- 
tricts. Some  few  were  tradespeople,  but  the 
majority  were  yeomen  or  farmers,  and  when  they 
came  to  Pennsylvania,  they  bought  farms  and  en- 
racjed  in  agriculture.  The  Quaker  colonists  from 
Munster,  on  the  other  hand,  were  nearly  all 
tradesmen  from  the  cities  and  towns.  They, 
with  the  emigrants  from  Dublin,  settled  for  the 
most  part  in  Philadelphia. 


STATIST 

showing,  as  nearly  as  possible,  the  number  of  adult  Friends  that  migrated  to  Pennsylv 
inclusive.  Compiled  from  MS.  records  of  all  the  monthly  me«ungs  of  PennsylTania,  ai 
(See  Bibliography. ) 


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Ulster  Province 17- 

Co.  Antrim 63 

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Co.  Armagh    95 

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3 

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Co    Caz'ati    5 

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Co.   Meath 9 

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Leinster  Province 1S31 

Co.  Carlow 38 

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7     I 

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8 

Dublin 54           '1 

4 

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Co.  Kildare I 

I 

King's  Co. S 

I 

Queen's  Co 25 

6 

3 

... 

3 

Mountrath  Mt2             3                 .  ... 

Co.  West  Meath 30 

I 

2 

Co.   Wexford. 13 

Wexford  Mtg           ...  3       

2 

I 

Co.   Wicklow 14 

Ballvcane  Mtg.            12     

I 

I 

Kilcommon  Mtg           2         

MuNSTER  Province 42 

Co.  Cork 22 

Cork  Mtg 22   

1 

4 

J 

I 

3 

... 

... 

Co.  Limerick 3 

Co.  Tipperarv 12 

Cashell  Mtg 7   

4 

3 

Kilcommonbegg  Mtg.   2  

Clonmel  Mtg 3   

Co.   Waterford. 5 

Waterford   Mtg 5   

I 
3 

2 

3 
16 

3 

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Meetings  not  Specified 43 

... 

3 
4 

2 

2 

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2 

3 

2 

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4 
5 

I 
12 

4 

2 

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Total 440 

21 

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>lemenled  by  county  histories,  genealogies,  Kriends'  records  in  Ireland,  and  other  MSS. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


WAVES    OF    MIGRATION 


THE  migration    may  be  considered  in  three  FUstwave 
waves.     The  first  wave,  beginning  in  1682  ^   ^-^7^° 
and  continuing  to  1 7 10,  was  caused  largely 
by  the  severe  religious  persecutions   carried  on 
against  the  Friends  before  the  Act  of  Toleration 
of  1683  was  passed.     The  wave  was  the  heaviest 
in  16S2  and    1683,  thirty-two  adult  colonists  com- 
ing over  in  these  two  years.     After  this,  the  wars 
of  James  and  William  coming  on,  there  was  little 
migration    until    170S.      From    17 10    the  stream  second  wave 
continued  to  flow  steadily,  reaching  the  highest  '''"*"''^'' 
point  of  the  whole  migration  in  the  great  fam- 
ine year   of   1729,  when   sixt)-four  adults  came 
over.    After  1710,  the  economic  causes  of  migra- 
tion   were    probably  more    potent   than    the    re- 
ligious. 

The  third  wave    reached    its  highest  point  in  TiuidWave 
1736,    when    thirty-three   adult    settlers   arrived.  ^'^°'^'^^° 
From    1 74 1,   the    movement  declined,   and    after 
1750  very  few  Friends  came  over  to  settle. 


83 


CHAPTER  V. 

WAYS   AND    MEANS   OF   MIGRATION 


The  f  \  preparing  to  emigrate  the  Friends  usually 

Certificate 
of  Removal 


I  gave  at  least  a  month's  notice  to  the  meeting 
to  which  they  belonged,  of  their  intended 
departure,  requesting  that  a  certificate  of  removal, 
certifying  to  their  membership  in  the  Society,  be 
given  them  to  take  into  the  new  land.  If,  after 
due  inquiry  by  a  committee  appointed  for  the  pur- 
pose, the  applicants  were  found  to  be  in  good 
standing  in  the  Society  and  in  the  neighborhood 
in  which  they  lived,  the  document  was  drawn  up 
and  signed  by  members  of  meeting  in  due  time 
for  the  day  of  departure.  In  many  cases,  how- 
ever the  emigrants  waited  until  after  their  arrival 
in  Pennsylvania  before  writing  to  Ireland  for  the 
certificate.  The  following  extract  from  the  min- 
utes of  the  Preparative  Meeting  at  Grange,  near 
Charlemount,  Ireland,  shows  the  mode  of  pro- 
cedure in  the  preparation  of  the  certificates  : 

"  Att  a  men's  meeting  held  y"  2**  of  y"  4''' 
month  [1736]  Joshua  March  [Marsh]  having 
an  Intention  to  transport  himself  &  family  to 
America  &  desires  from  us  a  certificate  there- 
fore Jacob  Marshill  James  Pillar  is  desired  to 

84 


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ation  of  th«. 


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tj      ^    ■  ^"''^  /       A  M  ^.'A^  y'-^"" ->^ 

■'•....,/<     a,.  ^  ■..   ->-l:fe.,. '/<<.-•   4*^-  X-^Xy  «--'\*i 


■1     71        B,     /,•/■:'.•.■> 


((■I  h 


y-yi^jfs.^ 


Certificate  of  Removal  Brought  to  Pennsylvania  by 
George  Marsh,  an   Irish   Friend,  in   1728 


Ways  and  Means  of  Migration  85 

draw  Suitable  ones  for  him  and  his  Son  John 
allso  one  for  Thos  Willson  accordine  to  his 
Behavour  y'  they  may  be  signed  next  meeting. 
W'iUiam  Pigion  Samuel  Douglas  &  Benj^  Mar- 
shill  is  desired  to  attend  next  Quarterly  meet- 
ing &  Jacob  Marshill  &  James  Pillar  is  desired 
to  draw  Suitable  papers  to  Said  Meeting." 
The  common  form  of  the  certificate  may  be  seen 
in  two  of  those  drawn  up  at  this  meetine :  ^ 

"  From    our   Monthly    Meedng    of    men    & 
women    friends   held  at  Grange   Near   Charli-  Certificate 
mount  in  the  North  of  Ireland  y^  2  of  4  mo.  %/alT'' 
1736  To  friends  &  Brethren  of  pensylvania  or 
elsewhere  in  America  Greetine. 

Dear  Friends  whereas  our  friend  Joshua 
March  [Marsh]  &  his  Wife  Did  Acquaint  us 
Some  Time  Ago  tliat  they  had  a  mind  to  trans- 
port themselves  &  family  to  pensylvania  or 
Some  place  in  America  and  Desires  of  us  a 
Certificate  we  therefore  Do  Certify  that  He  the 
S"*  Joshua  &  his  wife  was  of  an  orderly  Life  & 
good  Conversation  Both  amongst  us  their 
Brethren  as  amongst  their  Neighbours  where 
they  Dwelt  &  now  Leaveth  us  in  Unity  they 
had  also  the  privilege  of  Sitdng  in  our  Meeting 
of  Disapline  likewise  their  three  children  Viz 
Jonathan  peter  &  Abigail  were  of  Orderly  Lives 

■  Book  of  Certificates  of  Removal  Received  by  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting, 
Penna. ,  p.  39. 


86  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

&  Conversation  whilst  here  &  is  free  from  mar- 
riaq'e  or  any  Entanglement  that  way  &  all  the 
Above  friends  have  left  this  place  free  from 
Debts  or  Defraud  to  any  man  &  we  have  Cause 
to  hope  &  believe  that  they  will  So  behave 
themselves  for  y'  future  y'  they  may  Deserve 
y*"  Religious  notice  &  Care  of  friends  for  their 
good. 

Signed  by  order  &  on  behalf  of  our  Sd  Meet- 
ing by 

Mary  Greer   Thos.  Nichalson  William  Gray 
Eliz.  Greer     Joseph  Kerr  Jacob  Marshall 

Abigail  King  Benj^  Marshill      Jno.  Whitsitt 
Mary  Pow      James  pillar  Thomas  Greer 

Ann  Sloan      James  Dawson     Tho.  Griffith 
Mary  Pillar    francis  Robson     Israel  Thompson 
Eliz.  Dawson  Sam'  Gray  Wm.  Vance 

Abigail  Gray  J  ona' Richardson 
Ruth  Delapp 

'  From  our  Men  &  Womens  Meeting  held  at 
Certificate       Grang-c  Near  Charles  Mount  in  Ireland  v"^  2  of 

of  John  *  -' 

Marsh  y'  4th  mo   1 736    to    fricuds  of  pensylvania  or 

Elsewhere  In  America  Greeting  Whereas  our 
friends  John  March  [Marsh]  &  his  wife  Did 
sometime  ago  Acquaint  us  that  they  had  to 
transport  themselves  to  pensylvania  or  Some 
place  In  America  &  Desires  of  a  Certificate  we 

^Book  of  Certificates  of  Kemmial  received  by  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting, 
p.  52. 


Ways  and  JlTcaiis  or  Aligration  Z"] 

therefore  do  Certifie  y'  the  Said  John  h  &JMarc 
his  wife  hath  behaved  themselves  Orderly 
amongrst  us  their  Brethern  &  Sisters  Also  was 
of  a  peaceable  Life  &  Conversation  amongst 
their  Neighbours  having  Left  us  &  our  Neigh- 
bours Clear  of  Debt  They  had  Also  privilege  to 
Set  in  our  Meetings  for  Decipline  &  we  hope 
they  will  So  behave  as  will  deserve  the  Religious 
Notice  &  Care  of  our  friends  &  Brethern  whose 
it  may  Please  Divine  providence  So  to  order 
their  Lot  to  Settle  &  Remain. 

Signed  by   order  &  on  behalf  of  our  Said 
Meeting  by 

Mary  Greer  Thos.  Nichalson  Jacob  Marshill 
Eliz.  Greer     Jos.  Kerr  John  Whitsitt 

Abigail  King  Benj^  Marshil     Thos.  Greer 
Mary  Pow       James  Dawson    Thos  Griffith 
Ann  Sloan       James  Pillar         Israel  Thompson 
Mary  pillar  Wm  Vance 

Eliz.  Dawson 
The  Marshes, 
father  and  son, 
purchased  land 
and  settled  with 
their  families  in  East  Nantmeal,  Chester  County, 
and  soon  after  their  arrival  presented  their  cer- 
tificates of  removal  to  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting. 
Whereupon  the  following  action  was  taken  by  the 
meeting  : 


\  Jc/^ed^/l 


Minutes  ot  Mens  Meeting-,  S  Mo.  iS.  1736. — 
"'John  Marsh  Prixluce*.!  a  Certificate  to  this 
Montlily  Meetino-  rn>m  die  Monthly  Meeting  ot" 
friends  held  at  Grange  near  Charlemount  in  y' 
North  of  Ireland  dated  y*  s"*  ot  y*  4  mo  :  1 736 
in  behalf  of  himself  &  wife  [Eliiabedi]  which 
[is]  to  friends  Satisfaction  ^  ordered  to  be  re- 
corded."" 

Minutes  of  Women's  Meeting. — 

■•  At  our  Montlily  Meeting  held  at  Goshen 
the  Eighteentli  Day  of  tlie  Eightii  Month  [i  736] 
Elizabetli  Marsh  Produced  to  diis  Meeting  a 
Certificate  from  Friends  in  Ireland  jointly  with 
her  Husband  which  we  accept  on  her  Behalf '" 

Minutes  Mens  Meeting. — 

"At  our  Montiily  Meeting  held  at  Goshen  y' 
15*  day  of  y*  o"*'  mo  1736  Joshua  March 
[Marsh]  Produced  a  Certificate  to  tliis  Monthly 
Meeting  from  the  Mondily  Meeting  of  friends  at 
Grange  in  Charlemount  in  the  Xordi  of  Ireland 
dated  y*  ^'^  of  y'  ^  mondi  last  in  behalf  of 
himself  ^  wife  [Elizabeth]  C\:  3  of  his  children 
\-iz.  Jonathan.  Peter  &  Abigail  whicli  is  to  die 
Satisfaction  of  friends  here  &  ordered  to  be 
Recorded."" 

Minutes  of  \Vomen"s  Meeting. — 

*•  At  our  Monthly  Meetinc  held  at  Goshen 


Ways  and  Means  of  Migration  8£ 

the  Fifteenth  Day  of  the  X:rth  Month  ^1736] 
.  .  .  Elizabeth  Marsh  Pre  .Meet- 

ing a  Certificate  fron  the  Monthly  Meeting  of 
Grange  in  Irek    '      '-  -     ■■     Meeting  A       ' " 
on  her  behalf 

The  principal  ports  whence  the  Ir  '  —       > 

embarked  for  Pennsylvania  v/ere  Be.;--;:  ^^.,..:..  7.  -\..  :. 
Cork,  and  Waterford.  Frequently  vessels  were 
sailing  directly  from  the  Irish  ports,  but  more 
often  passage  was  taken  in  vessels  which  had 
sailed  from  Whitehaven,  Liverpool,  or  Bristol,  in 
England,  and  which  touched  at  the  Irish  ports  for 
passengers  and  cargo.'  Philadelphia  was  the 
principal  port  of  entr\',  but  many  settlers  landed 
at  New  Castle,  on  the  Delaware,  and  some  few 
at  points  in  Marj'land  and  Virginia. 

At  times  obstructions  were  placed  in  the  way  obetnetkBa 
of  Irish  emigrants,  as  appears  from  the  following  *^^°^SBiiBa 
letter  written  to  Proprietor  Penn,  in   1763,  by  a 
sea  captain  at  Dublin  :  - 

1  Sometimes  vessels  sailing  from  Eng": -    -- j  .-  .  .-j^z^cz, 

were  driven  into  Iridi  ports  by  contraiy  ■?.  -  .-.czis  of 

removal  dated  6  Mo.  6,  1709,  broagiit  on:  ;.phia  by 

Martha  Grffitls,  "  whose  Husband  of  Lst-  /rtown  in 

Jaimaca  and  hath  wrote  to  his  wife  •  ting 

willing  to  goe  by  An  opatnnity  of  .S:        j  -  by 

Contrary  winds  bound  to  Jaimaca." 

•The  original,  which  is  in  the  Penn  M55.  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  which  is  printed  in  the  Penna.  ilng.,  XXI.,  485-7,  is 
addressed  :  "  To  Sr  Penn,  Knight  Proprietor  of  Peosilvania  now  in  Lon- 
Aaa,"  and  is  endorsed,  "  \jsxua  from  an  Irish  Capt".  abost  Ships  being 
stopd  going  to  Pensilva  ". 


90  Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Dublin,  May  3,   1736. 
"Hon^Sr. 

"As  you  are  the  proprietor  of  pensylvania  . 
.  .  I  would  beg  Liberty  to  inform  your  Worship 
of  some  of  the  Dehculty  w"'"  poor  people  that 
are  flying  from  the  opprcsion  of  Landlords  & 
tyeths  ...  to  sevcrall  parts  of  America  Viz : 
When  Last  our  Irish  parlement  was  sitting 
there  was  a  Bill  brought  in  respecting  the 
Transportation  to  America  which  made  it  next 
to  a  prohibition  said  Bill  gready  allarmed  the 
people  perdcularly  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and 
least  a  second  should  suckceed  greater  num'' 
than  usual  made  ready  but  when  said  Land- 
lords found  it  so  the  fell  on  with  other  means  by 
destressing  the  Owners  &  Masters  of  the  Ships 
there  being  now  ten  in  the  harbour  of  Belfast. 

The  methoud  they  fell  in  with  first  was  that 
when  anny  of  said  ships  Advertised  that  they 
were  Bound  for  such  a  Port  &  when  they  would 
be  in  redeness  to  seal  &  thire  willingness  to 
agree  with  the  passengers  for  which  &  no 
other  Reasons  they  Esued  out  thire  Warrants 
and  had  severall  of  said  Owners  &  Masters 
apprehended  &  likewise  the  printers  of  said 
Advertisements  &  Bound  in  bonds  of  a  thou- 
sand pounds  to  appear  att  Carrickfergus  assizes 
or  be  thrown  into  a  Lowthsome  Geoal  and  for 
no  other  reason  than  Encuraging  his  Majesty's 


Haj's  and  Means  of  JMigrafion  g  i 

subjects  as  they  were  pleased  to  call  thire  In- 
dectment  from   on   plantation  to  another.   .  . 
But  the  Judge  was  pleased  to  Discharge  them. 
But  yett  a  more  Hellish  contrivance  has  been 
thought  of  &  is   put  in  practice  by  Col^.  Geo. 
Maartney  of  Belfast  he  will  not  now  when  said 
ships    and  passengers    was    redy    to    seal    so 
much  as  allow  the  poor  people  to  carry  thire 
old  Bed  Cloathes  with  them  allthow  ever  so  old 
under    pretence     of  An    Act    of   the    British 
parlement   made  the  tenth   &  Eleventh  Years 
of  the  Rean  of  King  William  &  Repealed  in  ye 
year    1732   and  said  Ships  .  .  .    [are]   obliged 
to  lay  this  affair  before  the  Com^^-  of  Dublin 
I  &  Hkewise  most  of  the  mert'.  in  this  Town  are 
affraid  of  success  even  with  the  Com"-  will  be 
obliged  to  lay  it  before  the  Lord  Lieut,  of  this 
Kingdom  &  if  that  should  feal  than  nothing  less 
than  his  Majesty's  Gratious  Interpotion  can  effect 
.  .  .  but  a  loss  what  does  that  in  the  meantime 
when  no  less  then  ten  ships  has  been  these  18 
or  20  days  and  no  aperance  of  getting  away 
and  advanst  charge  the  seson  passing  and  which 
is  yet  much   moveing  17  or  18  hun''.  many  ot 
which  are  in  most  deplorable  circumstances  not 
being  so  much  as  able  to  pay  thire  passage  and 
all  of  them   destitute  of  howses   to  put    thire 
heads  into  or  of  means  wherewith  to  support 
themselves  maney  of  which  has  depended  on 


92  Immig7-ation  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

their  Friends  in  America  from  home  they  yearly 
have  Accts  and  one  [torn]  they  only  depend 
for  thire  information.  But  our  Landlords  here 
affirms  that  these  Accts  are  all  of  them 
Forgerys  &  Lyes  the  Contrivances  of  the  pro- 
prietors Trustees  &  Masters  of  the  American 
Ships.  .  .  . 

"Your  Hon"  Most  Hum''  &  Most  obt  Ser 

"John  Stewart." 

"N.  B.    I  did  not  think  proper  in  the  body  of 

the  Letter  to  acquamt  Your  Hour  y'  of  those 

ten    Ships    there    is    eio;-ht    bound    for    Dalour 

[Delaware]  &  verry  connciderable  with  them. 

I  am  &c. 

"John  Stewart." 

Dangers  of  The  voyage  was  a  long  and  trying  one,  espe- 
voyage  cially  SO  when  attended  by  rough  weather.  The 
length  of  the  passage  varied  all  the  way  from  six 
weeks  to  three  months.  Vessels  were  often 
driven  far  out  of  the  course  by  contrary  winds  and 
carried  as  far  south  as  the  West  Indies.  Danger- 
ous diseases,  such  as  small-pox,  were  of  frequent 
occurrence,  and  many  passengers  died  at  sea. 
During  the  French  W^ars,  vessels  were  often  at- 
tacked and  the  passengers  imprisoned  or  sub- 
jected to  loss  of  property  and  to  harsh  treatment. 
As  an  instance  of  this,  may  be  cited  the  case  of 


Wa^s  and  Means  of  Migration  93 

Samuel  Massey  and  family  who  sailed  from  Cork 
in  1 7 10,  intending  for  Philadelphia,  but  the  vessel 
was  seized  by  the  French  and  they  were  carried 
off  to  the  Island  of  Antigua  in  the  West  Indies.^ 
Finally,  after  much  suffering  and  hardship,  they 
reached  Philadelphia,  but  so  impoverished  that 
they  were  unable  to  pay  for  their  passage  from 
Antigua,  and  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  had 
to  assist  them  to  the  extent  of  thirty  pounds.  The 
French  had  taken  even  their  certificate  of  removal, 
and  Massey  had  to  request  the  meeting  in  Cork 
to  send  a  duplicate  certificate.  - 

In    1728,  Robert   Parke,  while   on    the    return  Robert 
voyage  from  a  business  journey  to  England  and  pfajofa 
Ireland,  notes  in  his  diary^  that  there  were  a  num-  voyage  from 
ber  of  cases  of  small-pox  aboard,  several  persons 
dying  with  it.     Under  date  of  June   11,  1728,  he 
says:   "This  day  one  Margaret  Darlington  took 
the  small   pox  and  three  of  her  children  being 

'In  a  certificate  of  removal,  dated  7  Mo.  12,  1752,  received  at  Wil- 
mington Montlily  Meeting,  Delaware,  Ballycane  Meeting,  County  Wick- 
low,  states  that  Elizabeth  Robinson  removed  with  her  husband,  Francis 
Robinson,  from  Ballycane  some  years  before  and  has  now  requested  the 
said  certificate.  "  We  also  some  years  ago  Gave  he[r]  a  certificate  to  the 
same  purpose  which  with  her  Daughter  was  taken  by  the  french  and  mis- 
carried." 

2  See  MS.  Records  of  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  :  Book  of  Certifi 
files  Received sxiA.  Men's  Minutes,  1682-iyn.,  Vol.  I.,  288-289  '■>  Renna. 
Mag.,  VII.,  473,  note  ;  Philadelphia />;>;:(/,  LII.,  I01-2,  106-7.  Sarah, 
wife  of  Samuel  Massey,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Wight,  of  Cork,  the 
original  author  of  Rutty's  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  Quakers  in  Ireland, 
printed  in  1 75 1. 

3  Cited  by  J.  P.  Parke.      See  footnote,  page  71. 


Ireland,  1728 


94  Immigratio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

down  in  it.  Our  true  course  is  judged  to  be  south." 
It  seems  that  even  in  those  days  the  sailors  were 
ready  to  exact  tribute  from  the  unwary  landsman. 
On  June  14th,  Parke  writes  :  "This  day  Samuel  Ask 
and  I  paid  our  observing  muggs  on  the  fore  staff." 
It  is  inferred  from  this  that  the  sailors  demanded 
a  mug  of  grog  from  any  one  who  took  an  ob- 
servation of  the  sun  by  means  of  the  "  fore  staff" 
or  "cross-staff,"  the  predecessor  of  the  sextant. 
Another  curious  incident  of  the  voyage  is  thus 
quaintly  recorded  in  the  diary,  as  of  July  3  : 

"At  12  last  nitrht  we  seen  a  lig-ht  riy-ht  a  starn 
which  some  caled  the  half  way  house  and  said, 
'  There  lived  one  Peg  Trotter.'  Then  all  hands 
were  called  upon  deck  to  se  the  said  house  and 
if  possible  to  purchase  some  buttermilk  for  the 
passengers.  It  caused  great  rejoicing  among  all 
hands  fore  and  aft.  It  contained  a  light  upwards 
of  one  hour  and  half.  The  above  light  we  put  out 
on  purpose  to  encourage  the  passengers,  it  being 
the  imitation  of  y*  half  way  house.  It  was  a 
pitched  barrel  fixed  in  a  large  tub." 
A  Favorite  One  of  the  favorite  vessels  with  the  emigrants 
was  the  Sizargh  of  Whitehaven,  Jeremiah  Cow- 
man, master.  The  Parkes,  Jacksons,  and  many 
other  Irish  Friends,  settlers  in  Chester  County, 
came  over  on  her.  Robert  Parke  says  in  his  let- 
ter of  1725  :  "  Be  sure  you  come  with  Capt.  Cow- 
man &  you  will  be  well  used  for  he  is  an  honest 


Vessel 


Ways  and  Illcans  of  Migj'ation  95 

man  and  has  Civell  Saylors  as  any  that  Cross  the 
Seas,  which  I  know  by  Experience,  the  Ship  has 
been  weather  bound  Since  before  Christmas  by 
reason  of  frost  &  Ice  that  floats  about  in  the  River 
&  the  Saylors  being  at  a  Loose  End  Came  down 
to  Chester  to  See  us." 

The  following  advertisement  of  this  vessel  ap- 
peared in  the  American  Weekly  Mercury  ^  a 
newspaper  printed  at  Philadelphia,  September  2. 
1731: 

"For  BRISTOL  directly. 

THE  Ship  Sizar gh,  Nathan  Cowma^i  Master 
she  being  almost  Loaded,  and  intends  to  Sail  in 
Ten  Days  for  the  above  Port,  if  any  Persons 
have  a  mind  to  take  Passage  on  Board  the  said 
Ship  they  may  apply  to  said  Master  on  Board 
where  they  may  agree  on  reasonable  Terms 
and  be  kindly  used." 

The  meetings  in  Pennsylvania,  and  particularly  immigrants 
Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  extended  a  pater-  Assisted  by 

^  .  .  ■'  .*'  _    _        ^  Meetings 

nal  care  over  immio^rant  Friends,  advisino-  them 
as  to  settlement  and  frequently  rendering  needed 
financial  assistance,  especially  in  the  payment  of 
passage  money,  as  in  the  case  of  Samuel  Massey, 
just  referred  to.  As  early  as  1685,  Philadelphia 
Monthly  Meeting  took  action  in  the  matter,  as  ap- 
pears by  the  following  extracts  from  the  Minutes  : 

'  Files  of  this  newspaper  are  in  the  collection  of  the  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania. 


96  Immig}'aiio}i  of  the  Irish  Qnakej'S 

9  Mo.  2,  1685. — "It  being  taken  notice  of  by 
several  friends  of  this  meeting,  that  this  meet- 
ing is  greatly  burthened  and  oppressed  by  the 
increase  of  the  poor,  more  than  any  other 
place  in  the  province  by  reason  of  people's 
general  landing  here,  the  meeting  appoints  Ed- 
ward Luffe  to  mention  the  same  at  the  Quar- 
terly meeting  for  their  conversation  &  advise 
for  assistance." 

II  Mo.  4,  1685. — "The  testimony  of  advice 
to  friends  from  Frances  Taylor  before  she  de- 
ceased, was  read  and  ordered  to  be  Recorded, 
and  as  to  that  part  of  her  advise  for  counselling 
such  as  come  over  from  Encrland,  at  their  first 
arrival,  what  course  to  take,  to  manage  what 
they  bring  and  also  relating  to  their  settle- 
ment," a  committee  of  thirteen  is  appointed  "  to 
Enquire  as  Ships  come  in,  and  as  occasion  pre- 
sents Give  account  to  the  monthly  and  Quar- 
terly meeting." 

At  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  8  Mo.  25, 
171 1,  "The  widow  of  Mark  Carlton  applies  her- 
self to  this  meetine  for  advice  in  relation  to  her 
affairs,  being  lately  come  from  Ireland.  In  order, 
therefore,  Anthony  Morris  and  Richard  Hill  are 
desired  to  assist  her  with  the  best  advice  they  are 
capable  of"  And,  7  Mo.  24,  1736,  "A  Certificate 
from  the  Mens  Meeting  at  Coote  Hill  in  Ireland 


lVaj}'s  and  Means  of  Migration  97 

dated  the  21st  Second  Month  1736  on  behalf  of 
Isaac  [Isaiah]  McNiece  who  intends  to  settle  in 
this  City  was  read  and  well  received,  the  Meet- 
ing being  apprised  that  he  labours  under  some 
Difficulty  to  raise  Money  to  pay  his  passage 
Consent  to  lend  four  Pounds  which  Sum  John 
Jones  is  directed  to  let  him  have  and  take  his 
Obligation  payable  in  twelve  Months." 

Many  of  the  Irish  Friends  who  came  to  Penn- 
sylvania were  young  men  just  starting  out  in  the 
world,  and  it  was  quite  common  for  them  to  bring 
with  them  letters  of  introduction  from  well-known 
Friends  in  Ireland  to  prominent  Friends  in  Penn- 
sylvania, requesting  assistance  for  the  young  im- 
migrants in  securing  business  positions.  A  letter 
of  this  character  is  preserved  among  the  Pember- 
ton  Papers  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. John  Barclay  writes  from  Dublin,  June 
I  7,  1 743,  to  Israel  Pemberton,  of  Philadelphia  : 

"  I  send  this  by  Thos  :  Henderson  3d  Son  to 
our  late  Friend  Patt!'  Henderson^  who  left  a 
great  Family  of  Children  behind  &  this  Young 
Man  inclined  to  go  to  your  Country,  he  has 

•  Patrick  Henderson,  the  author  of  a  work  called  Truth  and  Inno- 
cetice.  The  Armour  and  Defense  of  the  People  called  Quakers,  was  a  pro- 
minent minister  among  the  Friends  in  the  North  of  Ireland.  In  I707> 
accompanied  by  Samuel  Wilkinson,  he  travelled  on  a  gospel  mission 
throughout  the  limits  of  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting.  "  Patrick  Hender- 
san,"  writes  James  Logan  to  William  Penn,  "is  I  think  Scotch  by  birth, 
and  is  a  most  extraordinary  young  man  as  ever  visited  these  parts.'' — Bcrw- 
den,  II.,  227. 

7 


98 


Imtnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Emigrants 
Assisted  by 
Meetings  in 
Ireland 


The  Coat  of 
Passage 


been  of  a  Sober  Conversation  so  far  as  I  know 
of,  the  Ship  going  away  Sooner  than  his  Mother 
&  he  expected,  they  did  not  aslc  for  a  Certifi- 
cate from  Mountmelick  Meeting  in  time,  but  I 
believe  there  will  be  one  Sent  after  him  '^.  next 
Ship.  He  has  no  great  stock  I  believe  to  trade 
with  therefore  I  should  think  it  would  be  advis- 
able to  get  him  into  Some  Friends  Counting 
house." 

The  meetings  in  Ireland  also  gave  assistance  to 
their  needy  emigrant  members.  An  instance  of 
this  is  found  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Preparative 
Meetinor  of  Grange,  near  Charlemount.  At  the 
meeting  2  Mo.  3,  1741,  "Patrick  Holm  &  his 
wife  also  Hugh  Kenedy  &  his  family  having  Laid 
before  our  meeting  their  Intention  of  Removino- 
to  America,  they  being  poor  friends  &  in  want  of 
help  therefore  this  meeting  agrees  that  William 
Delap  doe  Lay  out  y^  Sum  of  fiveteen  pounds 
Ster  :  to  help  to  pay  their  fraughts  and  other 
necessaries  for  y"  Jurnay  untill  he  be  paid  y" 
Same  out  of  y"  Interest  Left  to  poor  friends  of 
this  meeting  also  John  Whitsit  James  Pillar 
W'illiam  delap  Thos  Greer  &  Benj"  Marshill  are 
Desired  to  Draw  Suitable  Certificates  for  ye  S"* 
Hugh  Kenedy  and  for  Jacob  Hinshaw  &  his  wife 
who  Intends  y'  Same  Journy." 

The  cost  of  passage  varied  somewhat  accord- 
ing to  the  time,  but  was,  as  Robert  Parke  states 


Ways  and  Means  of  Migration  99 

in  his  letter,  about  £g.  Some  of  the  ways  of  pay- 
ing the  expense  of  the  sea  voyage  are  suggested 
by  Parke.  He  says  :  "I  desire  thee  may  tell  my 
old  friend  Samuel  Thornton  ...  to  Come  here 
for  both  his  &  his  wife's  trade  are  Very  good 
here,  the  best  way  for  him  to  do  is  to  pay  what 
money  he  Can  Conveniently  Spare  at  that  Side  & 
Engage  himself  to  Pay  the  rest  at  this  Side  & 
when  he  Comes  here  if  he  Can  get  no  friend  to 
lay  down  the  money  for  him  when  it  Comes  to 
the  worst,  he  may  hire  out  2  or  3  Children  &  wod 
have  him  Cloath  his  family  as  well  as  his  Small 
Ability  will  allow,  thee  may  tell  him  what  things 
are  proper  to  bring  with  him  both  for  his  Sea 
Store  &  for  his  use  in  this  Country.  I  wod  have 
him  Procure  3  or  4  Lusty  Servants  &  Agree  to 
pay  their  passage  at  this  Side  he  might  sell  2  & 
pay  the  others  passage  with  the  money." 

It  was  a  frequent  occurrence  for  poor  emigrants 
to  sell  themselves  into  temporary  servitude, 
usually  for  a  term  of  four  years,  in  order  to  de- 
fray the  cost  of  their  transportation  to  Pennsyl- 
vania. On  engaging  passage  the  emigrants  made 
an  agreement  or  indenture  with  the  shipmaster 
that  they  were  to  be  sold  after  their  arrival,  and 
were  known  on  this  account  as  indented  servants 
or  redemptioners.  It  is  evident  from  certificates  of  Redemptioners 
removal  and  other  manuscripts  that  many  Friends, 
particularly  those    from    Ireland,   arrived   in    this 


I  oo         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

manner.^  The  redemptioners  could  not  be  sold 
out  of  the  Province  without  their  consent  freely 
given  in  open  court  or  before  a  justice  of  the 
peace.  At  the  end  of  their  service,  if  their  be- 
havior merited  it,  they  received  a  suit  of  clothes, 
a  set  of  tools  of  the  occupation  in  which  they  were 
engaged,-  and  frequently  a  sum  of  money,  and  those 
who  had  come  over  with  first  purchasers  were 
allowed  by  Penn  to  take  up  fifty'  acres  of  land  at 
a  rent  of  one  half-penny  an  acre  per  annum.^ 

Many  of  the  Irish  Friends  brought  over  indented 
servants  and  disposed  of  them  to  advantage  in 
the  colony,  where  there  was  a  great  demand  for 
laborers.  William  Pim  writes  in  1732,  from  Ches- 
ter County,  Pennsylvania,  to  his  uncles  in  Ireland, 
that  he  had  lost  a  servant,  "Jo:  Gavin,  by  the 
small-po.x,"  and  adds,  "I  am  in  expectation  of  Ja  : 
Nicholson  in  a  little  time,  ^,  whom  I  expect  an 
acct  from  Ireland  &  if  he  dont  bring-  me  a  servant 
or  servants  I  shall  be  in  great  want,  for  I  am  soe 
now.  I  hired  an  Indifferent  hand  lately  at  Hus- 
bandry &  it  cost   me  36'  for  4  weeks  (and  diet)."'' 

'  Mungo  Bewlcy,  a  minister,  who  made  a  religious  visit  to  Pennsylvania 
in  1732,  in  writing  from  Kdenderry,  Ireland,  to  Isr-iel  Pemberton,  of 
Philadelphia,  under  date  I  Mo.  l6,  1742-3,  says  :  "  I  now  Send  these 
lines  by  the  Hands  of  Samuel  &  Joshua  Fayle  the  sons  of  a  Poor  Friend 
belonging  to  our  Meeting  who  is  for  transporting  theinselves  into  your  Coun- 
try as  Ser\'ants  as  also  a  Certificate  from  our  mens  meeting  recommending 
of  them."     The  Fayles  were  probably  grandsons  of  William  Edmundson. 

'John  Fiske's  Dutch  ami  Quaker  Colonics  in  America,  11.,  325-6. 

'Futhey  and  Cope's  History  of  Chester  County,  154,  430. 

*  See  Pim  Family  in  Appendix. 


Ways  and  Means  of  Migration  i  o  i 

When  Robert  Parke  returned  from  his  business  trip 
to  Ireland,  in  1 728,  he  brought  withhimsix  servants, 
there  being  sixty-seven  others  on  board  the  vessel. 

Among  the  earliest  and  most  prominent  of  the  Robert 
Irish   Friends   to    brino-  in    servants  was  Robert  ^"''"^''^ 

.  .       .  .         Redemp- 

Turner,  who  arrived  at  Philadelphia  in  1683,  with  twners. 
his  family  and  a  cargo  of  seventeen  redemptioners. 
Fortunately,  a  list  of  these,  with  their  time  of  ser- 
vice and  other  interesting  particulars,  has  been 
preserved  and  is  given  herewith  : ' 

"In  the  Lion  of  Leverpoole, — 
Robert  Turner  late  of  Dublin  in  Ireland,  merch' 
came  in  y'  Lion  of  Leverpoole,  John  Crumpton 
M^  arrived  here  [Philadelphia]   the   14'*'  ^  1683 
[Child]  Martha  Turner. 


Servants. 

Time 

of  Service. 

Robt.  Threwecks... 

4  ys. 

Henry  Furnace 

4 

Robt.  Telford 

4 

4 
4 
4 

John  Reeves 

Row:  Hambridge... 

Richard  Curlis 

4 

John  Furnace 

4 

Daniel  Furnace  

P 

Robert  Threewecks 

n 

Lemuel   Bradshaw.. 

4 

Robt.  Lloyd 

4 
4 
2 

Wm  Louge    

Hen.  HoUingsworth 

Aiolce  Cales 

4 
6 

Kath:  Furnace 

Jos.  Furnace 

4 

Payment 
in  Money. 


^8 


6.10 

3 
6.10 

3 
3 


2.10 

4 
3 


Acres 
of  Land. 


so 
5° 
50 
50 
SO 
5° 
SO 
so 
50 
SO 
SO 
SO 
SO 
50 
SO 
SO 
SO 


Time  of  Freedom. 


14^ 


14?; 


I4T- 
14T 
I4T 
I4'¥ 


16S7 


1692 
1695 


14™^   16S7 


1685 
16S7 
1689 
1687 


'"Families   who   arrived   at   Philadelphia,   16S2-1687,"     in    Penna. 
Mag.,  VHL,  334. 


I02         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


James 
Logan's 
Hunaway 
Servant 


Owino[-  to  harsh  treatment  and  to  dissatisfac- 
tion with  their  condition  of  servitude,  the  redemp- 
tioners  were  continually  running  away,  and  much 
of  the  business  of  the  provincial  courts  con- 
sisted in  hearing  the  complaints  of  masters  and 
servants.  The  colonial  newspapers  are  filled 
with  advertisements  of  rewards  offered  for  the  re- 
turn of  bond  servants,  such  as  the  following^  by 
James  Logan,  the  most  eminent  of  the  Irish 
Quakers  in  Pennsylvania  : 

"  RUN  away  from  James  Logan's  Plantation 
near  German  Town  the  28th  Instant,  an  Irish 
Servant  Lad,  named  Patrick  Boyd,  aged  about 
17  or  18  years,  with  streight  dark  Hair,  a 
freckled  Face  and  a  smooth  Tongue,  cloathed 
with  a  double-Breasted  Pee-Jacket.  a  brownish 
Kersey  Coat,  a  Pair  of  Leather  Briches,  and  a 
good  Felt  Hat ;  but  he  had  other  Cloaths  with 
him.  Also  a  fine  short  Fowling  Piece  of  a  Car- 
bine Length,  or  less.  He  went  in  Company 
with  one  Miles  MacWard.  Whoever  takes  and 
secures  him  shall  be  well  rewarded  for  their 
Trouble." 

'  From  the  American  Weekly  Mercury,  issued  at  Philadelphia,  Thurs- 
day, March  3,  1721.  A  facsimile  of  this  early  newspaper  (Hist.  Soc.  of 
Penna. )  was  published  by  the  Colonial  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  1900. 


PART  III. 
THE  IRISH  FRIENDS  IN  PENNSYLVANIA 


CHAPTER  I. 

PLACES    OF    SETTLEMENT 

AS  the  population  of  the  Province  increased 
by  birth  and  immigration,  the  richest  lands 
of  the  old  settlements  along  the  Delaware 
were  purchased  and  placed  under  cultivation,  with 
a  resultant  rise  in  value  ;  and  the  later  comers,  if 
unable  to  purchase  the  best  lands,  or  if  not  satis- 
fied with  the  less  desirable  lands,  had  to  seek  out 
fertile  plantations  in  the  forest  wilds  beyond  the 
pale  of  the  settlements.  The  latter  course  was 
usually  pursued  by  the  greater  part  of  the  later 
immigrants,  excepting  those  who  settled  in  the 
towns  ;  for  to  a  large  extent  these  people  had  but 
small  means  with  which  to  establish  themselves 
in  the  new  country. 

Although  some  few  Irish  Friends  came  over 
during  the  first  decade  of  the  Colony  and  secured 
good  lands  in  the  old  settlements,  the  greater  part 
of  them  arrived  later,  after  the  best  lands  had  been 
seated,  and  having  little  other  capital  than  strong- 
arms  and  brave  hearts,  the  farming  element  in 
particular  were  obliged  to  leave  behind  the  culti- 
vated districts  and  push  into  the  wilderness  to  fell 
the  forests  and  clear  the  land  for  the   upbuilding 

of  the  frontier  homes. 

105 


1  o6        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 
Distribution  of       The  table  given  herewith  shows  that  fully  ninety 


tbe  Irish 
Friends 


[)cr  cent,  of  the  Irish  Friends  presented  their  certifi- 
cates of  removal  to  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting 
and  to  the  monthly  meetings  of  Chester  County, 
then  including  Delaware  County.  Chester 
County  heads  the  list  with  nearly  si.\ty-five  per 
cent,  of  the  total  number,  or  two  hundred  and 
eighty-three  adults,  eighty-two  of  these  being  re- 
ceived at  monthly  meetings  in  what  is  now 
Delaware  County.  Philadelphia  follows  with 
twenty-six  per  cent,  of  the  whole,  or  one  hun- 
dred and  seventeen  adults.  After  Philadelphia 
Monthly  Meeting  comes  New  Garden,  with  one 
hundred  adults  ;  then  Kennett,  formerly  Newark, 
with  eighty-two ;  and  Chester,  with  sixty-three. 
A  large  number  of  the  Irish  Friends  remained 
within  the  limits  of  the  monthly  meetings  to  which 
they  brought  their  certificates,  but  many  of  them 
made  only  a  temporary  home  until  a  more  suit- 
able location  could  be  found.  The  tradespeople, 
who  were  chiefly  from  Dublin,  Cork,  Waterford, 
Limerick,  and  Wexford,  naturally  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia, where  conditions  seemed  most  favorable 
for  their  occupations  and  for  their  former  mode  of 
life.  On  the  other  hand,  the  farmers,  or  yeomen, 
who  came  largely  from  the  country  districts  of 
Ulster  and  Leinster,  and  who  constituted  the 
greatest  part  of  the  migration,  mostly  sought  out 
farms  away  from  the  towns. 


DISTRIBUTK 
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Buckingham  Mo.  Mtg 2 

Wrightstown  Mo.  Mtg 4 

Middlelown  Mo.  Mtg 5 

Montgomery  County' 14 

Abington  Mo.  Mtg 10 

Gwynedd  Mo.  Mtg 4 

Philadelphia  County H7 

Philadelphia  Mo.  Mtg 117 

Delaware  County* 82 

RadnorMo.  Mtg 3 

Chester  Mo.  Mtg 63 

Concord  Mo.  Mtg 16 

Chester  County 201 

Kennett  Mo.  Mtg 82 

New  Garden  Mo.  Mtg loo 

Bradford  Mo.  Mtg 7 

Goshen  Mo.  Mtg 12 

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2  Formed  from  Chester  County  in  17S9. 


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'Formed  from  Chester  County  in  1729. 
<  Formed  from  Lancaster  County  in  1749. 


Thomas  Fairmans  Mansion  and  Penn  Treaty  Elm 

At    ShackamaxOn,    now    Kensington,    PHruAOELPHiA 


Bank   Meeting  House.  Philadelphia,  IG85-I789 


Places  of  Settlement  107 

Philadelphia,  as  the  metropolis  of  the  new  Prov-  Philadelphia 
ince,  became  better  known  in  the  Old  World  than 
any  other  part  of  Pennsylvania,  and  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  steady  stream  of  Quaker  colonists 
which  poured  into  the  country  made  this  city  its 
objective  point ;  and  of  the  nineteen  monthly 
meetings  established  in  Pennsylvania  prior  to 
1750,  as  the  writer's  investigations  have  shown, 
Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  easily  ranked  first 
as  to  the  number  of  certificates  of  removal  re- 
ceived. 

The  first  Quaker  settlers  on  the  west  side  of 
the  Delaware,  within  the  present  limits  of  Phila- 
delphia, attended  business  meetings  of  the  So- 
ciety at  Burlington,  in  New  Jersey,  but  as  their 
numbers  increased  they  established  a  meeting  of 
their  own  early  in  the  year  1682,  at  Thomas  Fair-  First  Meeting 

,       1  .     r-L      I  !'■•<.  at  Shacka- 

man  s  house  at  hhackamaxon,  now  Kensington,  „,„^„„ 
where  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  William 
Penn  is  reputed  to  have  made  his  Great  Treaty 
with  the  Indians.  Later  in  this  memorable  year  a 
meeting  was  founded  in  the  city  proper,  and  a 
temporary  house  of  worship  called  "the  boarded 
meeting-house  "  was  erected.  This  structure,  it  is 
supposed,  was  located  on  Front  above  Arch  Street, 
where  afterwards  the  Bank  Meeting  House  was 
built,  in  1685. 

The   Bank   Meeting   House  was  intended  for  Bank  Meet- 
First-day    afternoon    meetings,    and    the    Center  ^"^ 


io8         Immigration  of  tlic  Irish  Quakers 

Square  Meeting  House,  built  in  16S5-86,  where 

the  City  Hall  now  stands,  for  the  more  important 

Center  First-day  morning  and  business  meetings  ;  but  as 

Square  Meet-  j.}^g  Center  Square  was  in  the  midst  of  the  forest, 

ing  House  ,  i      •  t 

far  from  the  center  of  the  town  s  population  along 
the  Delaware,  the  meeting  was  not  well  attended, 
the  Friends  preferring  to  wait  for  the  afternoon 
meeting  at  the  Bank  Meeting  rather  than  take  the 
long  walk  to  the  morning  meeting  at  Center 
Square,  so  that  in  a  few  years  the  meeting  here 
was  abandoned. 

In  1695  the  Great  Meeting  House  was  built  at 
Great  Meet-  the  southwest  comer  of  Second  Street  and  High 
tng  House  ^^low  Market)  Street,  opposite  the  spot,  where 
several  years  later  the  historic  Old  Court  House 
was  placed.  This  meeting  house  with  some  ad- 
ditions was  used  until  1754,  when  it  gave  way  to 
a  more  commodious  building.  Here  for  more 
than  a  century  were  held  the  most  important  busi- 
ness and  religious  meetings  of  the  Society  in  the 
City.i 

The  Irish  Friends  of  Philadelphia,  with  the  not- 
able exceptions  of  James  Logan,  Thomas  Holme, 
Robert  Turner,  and  some  others,  seem  to  have 
taken  but  a  small  part  in  meeting  and  civil  affairs, 
and  in  associating  with  other  nationalities  appar- 

'Proud's  Pennsylvania,  I.,  229;    Watson's   Annals  of  Philadelphia, 
299-300,   335-338;  Michener's   Retrospect,    50-52;    Jacob   R.    Elfreth's 
"  Philadelphia  Meeting  Houses,"  in  The  American  /nV«(/  (Philadelphia) 
Vol.  Vll.  (1900);   Minutes  of  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting. 


The  Great  Meeting  House  and  Old  Court  House,  Philadelphia 


Places  of  Settlement  109 

ently  soon  lost  those  characteristics  which  had 
been  acquired  in  their  Irish  environment.  For 
this  reason  little  will  be  said  of  them  collectively, 
but  attention  will  be  given  to  those  Irish  Friends 
who  removed  to  the  country  districts,  usually  to 
settle,  clanlike,  near  each  other,  and  who  inter- 
married and  for  generations  preserved  much  of 
their  racial  identity. 

Several  families  of  Irish  Friends  produced  cer-  Bucks  County 
tificates  of  removal  to  the  Monthly  Meetings  of 
Falls,  Middletown,  Buckingham,  and  Wrights- 
town,  in  Bucks  County,  but  they  were  too  few  in 
number  to  deserve  further  mention  than  is  given 
in  the  Appendix. 

A  few  Irish  Friends  came  to  the  Monthly  Meet-  Montgomery 
ings  of  G\vynedd  and  Abington,  in  what  is  now 
Montgomery  County,  but   their  number  was  also 
small. 

Althoutfh  no  certificates  from  Ireland  were  re-  seika  county 
ceived  at  Exeter'  Monthly  Meeting  in  Berks 
County,  yet  many  Irish  Friends,  who  had  first  set- 
tled in  New  Garden  and  other  places  in  Chester 
County,  removed  there  and  settled  within  the  limits 
of  the  meetings  of  Exeter  and  Maiden  Creek. 
Conspicuous  among  these  Friends  were  :     Moses 

'  The  Particular  Meeting  of  Oley,  later  called  Exeter,  was  established 
by  Gwynedd  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1721,  and  the  Monthly  Meeting  in 
1737-  Among  the  first  Friends  to  settle  here  was  George  Boone,  originally 
from  Eradwinck,  near  Exeter,  Devonshire,  England,  grandfather  of  Daniel 
Boone,  the  celebrated  Kentucky  pioneer. — Howard  M.  Jenkins'  Gwynedd, 
80,  325  et  sei/. 


1 1  o        Immigration  of  iJtc  Irish  Quakers 


Delaware 
County 


Chester 

Monthly 

meeting 


First  Meet- 
ing in  Penn- 
sylvania at 
Upland,  167s 


Starr,  from  County  Meath,  justice  of  the  peace 
and  first  representative  from  Berks  County  into  the 
Provincial  Assembly;  Benjamin  Lightfoot,  justice 
of  the  peace  and  sheriff  of  Berks  County,  1752- 
1754;  Francis  Parvin,  from  County  West  Meath, 
justice  of  the  peace  and  representative  to  the  Pro- 
vincial Assembly  ;  and  Nehemiah  Hutton  (son  of 
Thomas),  from  County  Carlow. 

As  the  table  shows,  eighty-two  adult  Irish 
PViends  arrived  at  the  three  monthly  meetings  in 
what  is  now  Delaware  County,  sixtj'-three  being 
received  at  Chester  Monthly  Meeting,  sixteen  at 
Concord  Monthly  Meeting,  and  but  few  at  the 
Welsh  Monthly  Meeting  at  Radnor,  or  Haver- 
ford,  with  its  subordinate  or  particular  meetings  of 
Haverford,  Radnor  and  Merion  (Montgomery 
County). 

Robert  Wade,  an  English  Friend,  the  first  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  to  locate  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Delaware,  settled  among  the  Swedes  and  Dutch  on 
the  west  bank  of  Chester  Creek  at  Upland,  later 
called  Chester,  in  1675,  and  in  that  year  William 
Edmundson,'  then  on  a  religious  visit  to  the 
American  colonies,  held  a  meeting  at  his  house.'- 
This  was  the  first  F"riends'  meeting  held  in  the 
Province  of  Pennsylvania.'-  A  meeting  was  prob- 
ably  held    regularly   after    1677,  by   which    time 

^Journal,  lo8. 

•Ashmead's  Delaware  County,  334;  Dr.  Smith's  Delaware  County, 
103-4. 


Places  of  Settlemejit  1 1 1 

several  other  Friends  had  arrived  in  the  neigh- 
borhood.^ No  doubt  the  First-day  and  mid-week 
meetino-s  continued  to  be  held  at  Robert  Wade's 
house,  known  as  Essex  House,  until  7  Mo.  (Sep- 
tember) II,  16S2,  shortly  before  the  coming  of 
William  Penn,  when  the  Monthly  Meeting 
"agreed  y'  a  meeting  shall  be  held  for  y^  service 
&  worship  of  god  every  first  day  at  y''  court  house - 
at  Vpland."  ^ 

It  was  at  the  landing  place  opposite  the  famous  Arrival  of 
Essex  House  that  the  Proprietor  first  touched  the  penn,i6S2 
soil  of  the  Province  which  bears  his  name.     Penn 
sailed  from^  Deal,  in  England,  6  Mo.  (August)  30, 
1682,  on  board  of  the  ship  Welcome,  of  three  hun- 
dred    tons    burden,     Robert    Greenaway,     com- 
mander, in  company  with  about  one  hundred  pas- 
sengers,   mostly    Friends    from    Sussex,    among 
whom  was  at   least  one  party  of  Irish  Friends,  Irish  Friends 
Dennis  Rochford,  with  his  family  and  two  serv^ants,   ■•  weuome" 
originally    from    Enniscorthy,   County   Wexford.^ 
Great  distress  was  experienced  during  the  passage 
in  consequence  of  the  breaking  out  of  small-pox, 

'  Futhey  and  Cope,  History  of  Chester  County,  230. 

*This  court  house  was  doubtless  "y'  house  of  defence  att  upland" 
ordered  to  be  completed  and  fitted  up  for  the  use  of  the  Upland  Court,  in 
1677. — Dr.  Smith's  Delaware  County,  114,  137. 

'Futhey  and  Cope,  Chester  County,  231. 

•The  London  Gazette  of  September  4,  1682,  announced  that  on  August 
31,  "  sailed  out  of  the  Downs  three  ships  bound  for  Pennsylvania  on  board 
of  which  was  Mr.  Pen,  with  a  great  many  who  go  to  settle  there." — Stone 
in  IVinsor,  III.,  480. 

5  Futhey  and  Cope,  Chester  County,  23. 


1 1 2         Imniig7-atioii  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

of  which  thirty  of  the  emigrants  died,  among  them 
being  two  of  Rochford's  daughters.  In  this  trj'ing 
situation,  writes  Richard  Townsend,  one  of  the  pas- 
sengers, Penn's  "care  was  manifested  in  contribut- 
ing  to  the  necessities  of  many,  who  were  sick  of 


Memorial  Stone  at  Chester,  Marking  Landing  Place 
OF  William  Penn,  1682. 

the  Small-pox." '  Otherwise  the  voyage  was  pros- 
perous, the  vessel  arriving,  8  Mo.  (October)  27, 
at  New  Castle,  where  Penn  landed  and  with  much 
ceremony  received  from  the  inhabitants  "  turf  and 
twig  and  water,"  the  feudal  signs  of  his  posses- 
sion of  the  Three  Lower   Counties.'-     The  next 

^  Proud,  I.,  228. 

'  Hazard's  Annals  of  Pennsylvania,  597. 


Places  of  Settlement  1 1 3 

day  the  Welcome  stood  up  the  Delaware  and  cast- 
ing anchor  off  the  mouth  of  Chester  Creek  Penn 
landed,  and  was  hospitably  received  and  enter- 
tained by  Robert  Wade  at  Essex  House. ^ 

As   early  as    1687,    steps   were   taken   for  the  First  Meet- 
buildinpf  of  a  meeting-house  at  Chester,  but  this  ^"f  House  at 

c'  •=>     _  _      _  '  Chester,  idgj 

was  not  finally  accomplished  until  in  1693,  when 
a  stone  structure  was  erected  on  the  east  bank 
of  Chester  Creek. 

The  first  "  monthly  meeting  of  friends  belong- 
ing to  marcus  hooke  &  vpland  held  then  at  Robert 
Wad's  house,"  occurred  "the  19  day  of  y"  11 
month,  1 68 1,"  and  was  the  first  monthly  meeting 
established  in  Pennsylvania.  The  Monthly  Meet-  Monthly 
ing  was  sometimes  held  at  Chester,  possibly  at  \abiisiud  i6Si 
Robert  Wade's  house  or  perhaps  at  the  old  Court 
House,  where  the  Particular  Meeting  of  Chester 
was  held  ;  but  at  a  Monthly  Meeting  held  1 2  Mo. 
7,  1686,  it  was  "  order'd  y'  y"  monthly  meeting 
from  hence  forthe  be  kept  at  Walter  fossett's^ 
house  [in  Ridley  Township]  untell  farther  order." 

^  Proud,  I.,  204-206;  Dr.  Smith's  Delaware  County,  13S-139  ;  Ash- 
mead's  Delaware  County,  20. 

2  Walter  Faupett,  with  his  wife  Grace,  arrived  at  Chester  as  early  as 
16S4.  For  a  time  I  thought  it  probable  that  he  had  come  from  Ireland, 
whence  came  the  other  Faucetts  of  Chester  Monthly  Meeting,  but  Gilbert 
Cope,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.,  informs  me  that  Walter  Fawcet,  of  Haverah 
Park,  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  England,  was  married,  3  Mo.  23, 
1675,  in  a  Friends'  Meeting,  at  Henry  Settle's  house,  Harefield,  in  Nether- 
dale,  Yorkshire,  to  Grace  Atkinson.  Besse  notes  in  Sufferings  of  the 
Quakers  (II.,   156)  that  in   1683  one  "Walter  Fawcett,   for  being  at  a 


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Thus  it  continued  until  1693,  when  it  began  to 
"circulate"  at  the  houses  of  John  Simcock,  in 
Ridley ;  Robert  Vernon,  Thomas  and  Randall 
Vernon,  and  John  Edge,  in  Nether  Providence  ; 
George  Maris,  Joseph  Stedman  and  Bartholo- 
mew Coppock,  Jr.,  in  Springfield ;  and  Caleb 
Pusey,^  at  Chester  Mills,  near  Chester.  After  1 700, 
meeting-houses  having  been  erected  for  the  par- 
ticular meetings  constituting  Chester  Monthly 
Meeting — especially  for  Chester,  Springfield, 
Providence  and  Middletown — the  Monthly  Meet- 
ing circulated  more  at  the  meeting-houses,  finally 

meeting  at  Askwith  [four  miles  southwest  of  Haverali  Park],  had  taken  from 
him  two  Oxen  worth  ;^9,"  and  that  in  1684  "  For  Meetings  at  Skipworth, 
were  taken  from  Walter  Fawcett,  two  Oxen  worth  £<)  "  (II.,  159).  Besse 
also  notes  (II.,  122)  :  "  May  27d,  1670.  At  a  Meeting  of  Quakers  at  the 
House  of  Thomas  Fawcett,  at  Hawes  in  Wenslydale  [' Wenslydale  North- 
Riding,  in  the  County  of  York']  :  Ilis  Fine  ..^20"  ;  and  June,  12,  1670, 
at  a  meeting  at  Bainbrigg  Pastures,  Yorkshire,  Thomas  Fawcett  had  a  fine 
taken  from  him  (II.,  123).  Walter  Faucett  settled  on  the  north-east 
side  of  Ridley  Creek,  his  land  extending  to  Crura  Creek,  and  took  a 
prominent  and  active  part  in  civil  affairs  and  in  meeting  work,  being  a  min- 
ister among  Friends.  In  1685  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Peace  Makers 
for  Chester  County — then  an  office  of  considerable  responsibility — and  also 
served  one  year  as  a  member  of  the  Assembly.  For  many  years  Chester 
Monthly  Meeting  was  held  at  his  house,  notwithstanding  that  it  was  kept  as 
a  tavern  or  inn  for  at  least  part  of  the  time.  His  wife  Grace  having  died 
in  16S6,  he  was  married  to  Rebecca  Fearne,  of  Darby,  in  1694.  He  died 
in  1704,  leaving  two  sons — John  (who  married  Grace  Crook)  and  Nathan, 
by  his  first  wife  ;  and  three  daughters,  Rebecca,  Mary  and  .Sarah,  by  his 
second  wife.  In  1698  he  paid  a  religious  visit  to  England  (Dr.  Smith's 
Delaware  County,  462). 

•Caleb  Pusey's  house,  built  in  16S2,  is  still  standing  at  Upland,  near 
Chester,  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  and  is  the  oldest  building  in 
Pennsylvania. 


1 1 6        It7tmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

becoming  settled  at  Providence^    (near  the  pres- 
ent Borough  of  Media). 
Concord  y\  particular  meetinof  was  established  by  Chester 

Monthly         ,  ,  ,  ,       ,t         •  -5,  .    ,  .         ,        , 

Meeting  Monthly  Meetmg  at  Chichester,  in  the  latter  part 
of  1682,  and  a  meeting-house  was  built  in  1688  on 

Chichester  a  tract  of  two  acres  of  land  given  to  the  meeting 
by  James  Brown.  This  building  was  destroyed 
by  fire  in  1768,  and  the  present  house  erected 
the  following  year.- 

Concord  Coucord  Particular  Meetingr  was  regfularly  es- 
tablished  in  1685;  for  at  Chester  (now  Concord) 
Quarterly  Meeting,  9  Mo.  i,  1685,  "It  is  agreed 
y'  y"  meeting  formerly  held  at  John  Gibbons  house 
should  from  this  time  forward  be  held  one  first 
day  &  one  fourth  day  at  John  Gibbons'  & 
another  first  day  &  fourth  day  at  Nicholas  New- 
land's,  until  further  order."  At  the  meeting  6  Mo. 
2,  1686,  it  was  "Agreed  y' y"  meeting  formerly 
ordered  to  be  one  first  day  at  Nicolas  Newland's^ 
and  y°  other  first  day  at  John  Gibbon's  be  from 
this  time  removed  &  kept  at  Nicholas  Newlands 
only,  till  further  order  (viz.)  y^  first  &  fourth 
days  meeting."  9  Mo.  4,  1695,  " '^  ^^^^  agreed 
that  Concord  meeting  which  was  moveable  be  now 
fixed  at  the  new  meeting  hoiise."^     It  would  seem 

'  Futhey  and  Cope,  Chester  County,  230-231. 

^  Ibid.,  232-233;  Ashmead,  450-1. 

'  Nicholas  Newlin  and  his  son  Nathaniel  who  were  from  Mountmcllick 
Meeting,  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  settled  in  Concord  in  1683,  and  were 
the  most  prominent  Friends  of  Concord  Meeting. 

« Futhey  and  Cope,  Chester  County,  232. 


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from  the  latter  extract  that  the  meetino--house  was 
erected  as  early  as  1695.  In  1 728  the  old  wooden 
meeting-house  was  replaced  by  a  brick  building. 
In  1788  this  structure  was  consumed  by  fire  and 
the  present  meeting-house  erected.^ 

Birmingham  Meeting,  in  Birmingham  Township,  Birmingham 
Chester  County,  was  subordinate  to  Concord  ^"^ '"^ 
Monthly  Meeting  until  its  erection  into  a  monthly 
meeting  in  1 8 1 5.  The  meeting  was  first  held  "  att 
John  Bennet's  house,"  in  1 704.  The  first  meeting- 
house was  built  about  1721  on  an  acre  of  ground 
"  near  the  Great  Road,"  conveyed  to  the  Meeting 
by  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Richard  Webb,  for  a  con- 
sideration of  £;}).  The  present  meeting-house  was 
built  in  1763,  Benjamin  Hawley  noting  in  his  diary 
of  that  year  that  he  "went  to  the  Raising  of  y" 
meeting-house." 

Three  of  the  prominent  Irish  members  of  this 
meeting  were  John  Fred,  from  County  Carlow  ; 
his  son  Nicholas  Fred  ;  and  Samuel  Hollings- 
worth  (son  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth),  justice 
of  the  peace  and  representative  to  the  Provincial 
Assembly.- 

In   its   earliest  days  the  Monthly  Meeting  was   The  iVonthiy 
known  as  Chichester,  then  as  Chichester  and  Con-  EstabUshed 
cord,  and  finally  as   Concord   Monthly  Meeting.  '6S4 
At  the  Quarterly  Meeting  at  Chester,  12  Mo.  4, 

'  Ashmead's  Delaware  County,  484. 
^  Futhey  and  Cope,  162,  233-4. 


I  I S         InDiiigratioii  of  the  /risk  Quakers 


Meetings  in 
New  Castle 
County  on 
Delawaie 


Newark 
Meeting 


1683-4.  it  was  ordered  that  "  Chechester  Monethly 
Meateing  be  y''  second  second  day  of  eavery 
moneth,"  and  according  to  the  records  of  the 
Monthly  Meeting,  "The  fearst  monthly  meeting 
held  by  friends  in  Chichester  [was]  on  y'  1 7'''  of 
the  first  month,  in  y""  year  1684."  At  the  Quar- 
terly Meeting,  6  Mo.  2,  1686,  it  was  "  Ordered  that 
y"  monthly  meeting  formerly  held  at  Chechester  be 
from  henceforth  kept  one  month  at  Chechester 
and  one  month  kept  at  Concord  &  y"  next 
monthly  meeting  to  begin  at  Concord,  until 
farther  order."  After  1729  it  was  held  altogether 
at  Concord.^ 

The  meetings  in  New  Castle  County  "  on  Dela- 
ware" received  an  important  migration  of  Irish 
Friends,  and  although  now  within  the  State  of 
Delaware,  in  those  early  days  were  in  that  part  of 
Penn's  possessions  known  as  "  The  Territories  " 
or  "Lower  Counties"  of  Pennsylvania ^  ;  there- 
fore they  come  properly  within  the  range  of  our 
study. 

About  1682,  several  Friends  with  their  families 
arrived  and  settled  near  each  other  on  the  east 
side  of  Brandywine  Creek,  in  New  Castle  County. 
Among  these  were:  Valentine  Hollingsworth,  from 
Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh,  justice  of  the 
peace  and   for  many   years  a  representative    to 


'  Futhey  and  Cope,  232. 
'Thwaites,  Colonies,  210. 


Places  of  Settlement  1 19 

the  Provincial  Assembly  ;  his  son-in-law,  Thomas 
Conway,  or  Connaway,  from  Lisburn,  County 
Antrim  ;  William  Stockdale,^  justice  of  the  peace, 
probably  from  County  Tyrone,  Ireland;  Adam 
Sharply,-  possibly  related  to  Ralph  Sharply,  of 
Belfast ;  John  Musgrave,  from  north  of  Ireland, 
later  a  settler  in  Lancaster  County  and  a  rep- 
resentative to  the  Provincial  Assembly ;  Morgan 
Drewett,  who  came  from  London  to  Burlington, 

1  Ha  may  have  been  nearly  related  to  William  Stockdale,  a  minister,  of 
County  Tyrone,  who  came  over  to  Philadelphia  on  the  ship  Friendship,  in 
1684,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Council. 

2  Adam  Sharply  and  wife  Mary  were  active  in  the  affairs  ot  Newark  or 
Kennett  Monthly  Meeting.  Their  children,  Benjamin  and  Charity,  were 
bom  II  Mo.  10,  1686-7.  Adam  died  9  Mo.  27,  1694,  and  was  buried  in 
Friends'  burial  ground  at  Newark.  Rachel  Sharpley,  probably  a  daughter, 
was  married  about  8  Mo.,  1686,  under  the  auspices  of  Newark  Monthly 
Meeting,  to  Thomas  Pierson,  Deputy  Surveyor,  of  New  Castle  County,  and 
died  7  Mo.  2,  16S7  ;  burial  at  Newark.  [Records  of  Nra'ark  Monthly 
Meeting.)  A  daughter,  Abagail,  was  married,  12  Mo.  23,  1692-3  to 
Alphonsus  Kirk,  and  died  in  1748.  There  was  also  a  William  Sharply, 
probably  a  son  (authority  of  Gilbert  Cope). 

Possibly  Adam  Sharply  was  related  to  one  Ralph  Sharply  mentioned, 
by  Ruttv  (343),  who  states  that  a  meeting  was  settled  at  Belfast  about 
1671  or  1672,  "  and  Ralph  Sharpley  came  from  England  and  resided  there  ; 
but  apostatizing  into  evil  Practices,  lost  his  condition  and  corrupted  others, 
which  with  the  removal  of  some  to  America  proved  a  means  of  that  meet- 
ing being  lost."  Nodoubt  this  was  Ralph  Sharply,  the  Friend,  of  Derby- 
shire, of  whom  the  following  account  is  found  in  Besse  (I.,  137):  "On 
the  2lst  of  the  Month  called  August  [1659]  Ralph  Sharpley"  and 
others,  "  going  toward  the  Meeting  at  Ashburn,  were,  by  Order  of  two 
Justices,  set  in  the  Stocks  above  an  Hour.  After  they  were  released  thence, 
Ralph  Sharpley  was  concerned  to  preach  to  the  People,  for  which  he  was 
sent  to  the  House  of  Correction,"  for  two  days,  and  finally  committed  to 
"Derby  Goal,  where  he  was  kept  ten  Days."  In  1661  for  attending  a 
meeting  at  Eyam  in  the  High-Peak  he  was  imprisoned  and  subjected  to 
cruel  treatment  [Besse,  I.,  138-139). 


1 20         Immigration  of  the  Ii'isli  Quakers 

New  Jersey,  in  1677;^  and  Cornelius  Empson.- 
They  held  meetings  for  worship  at  the  houses  of 
Valentine  Hollingsworth  and  Cornelius  Empson.^ 
Valentine  Hollingsworth  lived  on  a  largeplantation 
of  nearly  a  thousand  acres  on  Shelpot  Creek,  in 
Brandywine  Hundred,  about  five  miles  north-east 
of  the  present  City  of  Wilmington,  Delaware,  and 
in  1 687,  he  gave  "  unto  ffriends  for  A  burying  place 
half  an  Acre  of  [his]  land  for  y'  purpose  there  be- 
ing Some  already  buried  in  y^  Spot,  ffriends  have 
referred  fencing  of  it."  ^  A  meeting-house  was 
afterward  built  on  this  plot  and  the  meeting  known 
as  Newark,  from  the  name  of  the  plantation, 
which  in  the  original  survey  of  1684  was  called 
''  New  Worke,"  doubtless  a  corruption  of  Newark. 
A  meeting  was  continued  here  until  1754,  when 
the  Friends  "being  suited  with  a  better  conveni- 
ency,  it  was  laid  down."  '^ 
NewCasiu  \^  i gg^^  "John  Hussey,  John  Richardson,  Ed- 
ward Blake,  Benjamin  Swett  and  other  Friends, 
being-  settled  in  and  near  New  Castle,  held  meet- 
ings  at  each  other's  houses.  ...  In  1705  a  lot  of 
ground  was  purchased,  and  a  meeting-house 
built.""     Very    few    Irish    Friends    settled    here. 

'  Dr.  Smith's  Delaware  County,  456. 

2  From  Yorkshire. — Gilbert  Cope. 

3 Samuel  Smith  in  Hazard's  Register,  VII.,  cited  by  Muhcner,  95. 

*  Minutes  of  Xewark  Monthly  Meeting. 

'  P'uthey  and  Cope,  C/iesterjOounty,  233  ;  Michener,  95. 

'Samuel  Smith  in  Hazard's  Register,  \'II.,  cited  by  MicAentr,  95. 


Places  of  Settlement  1 2 1 

The  meeting  was  discontinued  in  1758,  its  mem- 
bers attending  Wilmington  Meeting.^ 

A  meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  William 
Cox,  at  Hockessin,   in   Mill   Creek  Hundred,   in  ti°ckessin 

Meeti  ng 

New  Castle  County,  as  early  as  1730,  but  was 
not  regularly  established  until  1737.  The  meet- 
ing received  its  name  of  Hockessin  from  an  In- 
dian village  formerly  near  the  place.  Among  the 
first  settlers  were  John  Baldwin,  William  Cox, 
and  the  Irish  Friends,  Henry  and  John  Dixon. 
In  1738,  a  meeting-house  was  built,  and  enlarged 
in  1745.- 

A    meetino-    for    worship    was    established    in    ^f^timmgton 

•='  ...  Meeting 

the  newly  founded  town  of  Wilmington  in  the 
early  part  of  1738,  and  held  for  a  few  months 
at  the  house  of  William*  Shipley,  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  town,  until  later  in  the  year  a 
small  brick  meeting-house — now  a  part  of  Friends' 
School  at  Fourth  and  West  Streets — was  erected. 
In  1748  a  larger  house  was  built.  This  in  turn 
was  succeeded  by  the  present  structure,  erected  in 
I  Si  6.  The  monthly  meeting  was  formed  in  1750 
by  a  division  of  Newark  Monthly  Meeting.^  Quite 
early    in    its    history,  Wilmington  received    Irish 

^  AIii:hencj\  95 . 

'^ Ibid.,  103  ;  Fttthey  a>id  Cope,  239. 

'  Michener,  73  ;  Futhey  and  Cope,  240  ;  A  Sketch  of  the  Early  His- 
tory of  Wilmington,  by  Margaret  Tatnall  Canby,  in  Literary  Era  (Phila- 
delphia), VIII.  (1901),  242-45;  Friends'  Intelligencer  (Philadelphia), 
LIV.  (1897),  569;  Scharfe's  History  of  Delaware,  II.,  711. 


1 2  2         iDimigration  of  tlic  Irish  Quakers 

Friends  as  settlers,  and  at  the  present  day  as  a 
great  center  of  commerce  and  industry  no  small 
part  of   its  large  population   springs  from  Irish 
Quaker  stock. 
Cenite         About  1 687,  the  brothers  George  and  Michael 

Meeting  ,  ^  .  * 

Harlan,  from  Parish  of  Donnahlong,  County 
Down  ;  Thomas  Hollingsworth,  son  of  Valentine 
Hollingsworth ;    Alphonsus    Kirk,   from    Lurgan, 


County  Armagh  ;  William  Gregg,  probably  from 
the  north  of  Ireland;  William  Dixon  or  Dixson, 
from  Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh ;  and  other 
Friends  setded  on  the  west  side  of  Brandy- 
wine  Creek,  in  Christiana  Hundred,  New  Castle 
County,  near  the  present  village  of  Centerville, 
and  became  the  founders  of  what  later  was  known 
as  Centre  Meetingf- 

For  several  years  during  the  summer  months 
they  attended  Newark  Meeting  at  Valentine  Hol- 
lingsworth's,  but  in  the  winter  season  were  allowed 
to  hold  a  meeting  of  their  own  at  the  homes  of 
some  of  their  number,  doubtless  most  of  the  time 
at  the  house  of  George  Harlan.  At  Newark 
Monthly  Meeting,  lo  Mo.  7,  1687,  was  granted  "  y' 


Places  of  Settlement  i  2  3 

request  of  friends  beyond  Brandywine  to  have  a 
meeting  there  this  winter  Season";  and  10  Mo.  2, 
1689,  "George  Harlan  Desireing  y'  Concurrance 
of  ffriends  on  behalf  of  y"  familys  on  y^  other  side  of 
Brandywine  for  y*  holding  of  a  Meeting  this  winter 
Season  amongst  themselves  by  reason  of  the  dan- 
gerousness  of  y"  ford  to  which  y^  Meeting  agrees 
&  Consents."^  9  Mo.  7,  1702,  "ffriends  on  y^ 
south  side  of  Brandywine  haveing  requested  y'  they 
may  have  Every  other  first  day  a  meeting  on  their 
side  y"  Creek  this  meeting  having  taken  it  into 
Consideration  allows  thereof  and  for  y*"  more  cer- 
tain knowledge  and  settlement  of  our  meeting  it  is 
thought  Expedient  and  necessary  y'  our  meetings 
be  kept  only  at  two  places  viz'  at  Newark,  at 
Valentine  Hollingsworth's,  one  first  day,  and  on 
y^  other  side  of  Brandywine  y^  other  first  day." 

The  records  indicate  that  a  meeting-house  was 
not  built  until  about  171 1.  At  the  Monthly  Meet- 
ing, 5  Mo.  I,  1710,  "Its  agreed  upon  y'  Al- 
phonsus  Kirk  is  to  be  allowed  7s.  6d.  ^  acre 
for  what  Land  y"  meeting  have  occation  for  not 
Exceeding  six  Acres."  9  Mo.  3,  171 1,  "This 
meeting  appoints  George  Harlan,  Thos.  Hol- 
lingsworth  Alphonsus  Kirk  and  Sam"  Graves  to 
take  y°  oversight  of  y"  building  of  y^  Center  meet- 
ing house  requesting  y"  w"**  all  Convenient  speed 
to  let  out  y"  work  to  some  workmen  in  order  y'  it 

'  JMinutcs  NeiL'ark  Monthly  Aleetins. 


124        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

may  be  y"  more  speedily  done  and  return  an  ace" 
to  y^  next  meeting  how  they  proceed."  ^  About 
1795,  the  wooden  structure  erected  at  this  time 
was  replaced  by  the  present  brick  building.-  One 
of  the  most  prominent  of  the  early  ministers  of 
this  meeting  was  Christopher  Wilson,  who  came 
over  from  Ireland  in  1712,  and  settled  in  New 
Castle  County. 

Chester  Chester  County,"  one  of  the  three  original 
ounty  (^Q,^,r|j.jgg  Qf  ^iig  Province  established  by  Penn  in 
1682,  received  the  larger  part  of  the  Irish  Quaker 
mioration  and  deserves  a  full  measure  of  our  atten- 
tion.  Pearly  in  the  eighteenth  century  the  tide  of 
migration  began  to  move  into  the  backwoods,  and 
we  find  Friends  from  the  old  settlements  in  New 
Castle  County  and  what  is  now  Delaware  County 
pushing  their  way  through  the  forests  and  develop- 
ing new  locations  in  the  wild  but  fat  and  fertile 
uplands   of  Chester  County.     For  a  time  these 

'  Fulhey  and  Cope,  233. 

*  Ellwood  Michener's  sketch  of  Centre  Meeting  in  an  issue  of  the  Ktn- 
nett  Square  (Pa.)  Advanee,  about  1890. 

'With  the  kind  permission  of  Gilbert  Cope,  the  surviving  author,  the 
writer  has  oljtained  the  main  facts  of  this  section  on  Chester  County  from 
Futhey  and  Cope's  excellent  History  of  the  County,  and  that  work  is  llie 
authority  used  unless  otherwise  indicated. 


Places  of  Settlement  i  2  5 

Quaker  pioneers  made  the  long  and  often  danger- 
ous journey  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  old 
settlements,  but  as  other  members  settled  near 
them,  meetings  of  their  own  were  erected,  held 
at  first  in  private  houses,  later  in  rude  log  meet- 
ing-houses, and  ultimately,  keeping  pace  with  the 
development  of  the  country,  in  more  substantial 
buildinos  of  brick  or  stone. 

o 

Four  monthly  meetings,  Newark,  New  Garden, 
Bradford,  and  Goshen,  were  held  within  the  present 
limits  of  Chester  County  previous  to  1750.  New- 
ark Monthly  Meeting,  the  parent  of  New  Garden 
and  Bradford,  was  established  in  New  Castle 
County,  in  1686,  and  included  not  only  the  meet- 
ings of  New  Castle  County,  but  all  those  of  southern 
Chester  County,  until  the  erection  of  the  Monthly 
Meetings  of  New  Garden  in  171S,  and  Bradford 
in  1737.  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting,  formed  from 
Chester  Monthly  Meeting  in  1722,  included  within 
its  bounds  nearly  all  the  northern  meetings  of  the 
County. 

Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  since   1760  known  Newark  or 
as  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  held  its  first  ses-  Mont^Meet- 
sions,  according  to  the  minutes,  in    1686,  at  the  i^g 
house  of  the  widow  Welsh  in   New  Castle,  and 
continued  there  until  6  Mo.  28,  1687,  when  it  was 
decided   "y'  it  may  be  more  Convenient]  for  y'= 
present,  that  it  be  kept  twice  over  y^  other  Side 
of  Brandywine  y'  third  ...  to  be  kept  at  New- 


I  2  6         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

castle."^  The  Monthly  Meeting  was  held  mostly 
at  Valentine  Hollingsworth's  after  1689,  but  cir- 
culated to  various  houses  up  to  3  Mo.  6,  1 704, 
when  "  This  meeting  Orders  that  our  next 
Monthly  Meeting  be  held  at  y'  Center  w'*"  is  sup- 
posed to  be  George  Harlans  ould  house."  It 
was  held  last  at  Newark  in  1707,  but  after  Center 
Meeting  House  was  built  it  was  usually  held  at 
the  latter  place  for  some  years.  At  length  it  be- 
came settled  at  Kennett,  and  on  that  account 
dropped  the  old  name  of  Newark  - 
Kenneii  Samucl  Smith,  in  his  history  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Meeting  rneetings,'^  says  that  in  1707,  "Vincent  Caldwell, 
Thomas  Wickersham,  Joel  Daily,  Thomas  Hope, 
Guyan  Miller  [an  Irish  Friend],  and  others,  being 
settled  in  Kennet  and  the  east  end  of  Marl- 
borough, had  liberty  to  keep  a  meeting  for  wor- 
ship sometimes  in  private  houses.  In  the  year 
1 7 10  a  piece  of  land  was  purchased  and  a  meet- 
ing-house built,  which  was  enlarged  in    17 19;  in 

1 73 1  it  was  further  enlarged."  One  of  the  most 
eminent  ministers  of  this  meeting  was  Thomas 
Carleton,  a  native  of  King's  County,  Ireland. 

'  Minutes  Newark  Monthly  Meetitig. 
*  Futhey  and  Cope,  232-3. 
3  Hazard's  Kegistet,  VII. 


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Places  of  Settletnent  1 2  7 

In  1699,  William  Penn  directed  Henry  Holling-s-  Manor  of 
worth,  deputy-surveyor  of  Chester  County,  to  lay  Letiua-s" 
out  a  tract  of  30,000  acres  of  land  for  his  two  "^^1^°^ 
children,  William  and  Letitia  Penn.     This  survey 
included    all    of  the   present  Township   of  New 
Garden  and  the  oreater    part   of   Kennett,  with 
several  thousand  acres   in  the   northern   part  of 
New  Castle  County. 

The  large  survey  was  divided,  the  eastern  part, 
consisting  of  15,500  acres,  being  conveyed  to 
Letitia  Penn,  and  the  western  part,  of  14,500  acres, 
to  her  brother  William  Penn,  Jr.  Letitia's  tract 
was  confirmed  to  her  by  her  father's  patent,  dated 
October  23,  1701,  in  consideration  of  one  "  Bever 
skinn"  yearly  and  "the  fatherly  love  and  natural 
affection  I  bear  to  her  my  said  daughter."  This 
tract  received  the  name  of  the  Manor  of  Steyning, 
also  called  Letitia's  Manor,  with  the  privilege  "To 
have  and  to  hold  a  Court  Baron  with  all  things 
whatsoever  to  a  Court  Baron  belonging,  and  to 
have  and  to  hold  view  of  ffranck  pledge  for  the 
conservation  of  the  peace  and  the  better  Govern- 
ment of  y^  tenants  holding  or  hereafter  to  hold  of 
the  said  Mannor." 

Letitia  Penn,  who  had  come  over  to  Pennsyl- 
vania with  her  father  on  his  second  visit  in  1699, 
returned  with  him  to  England  in  1701,  before  her 
departure  by  power  of  attorney  authorizing  James 
Logan  and  Edward  Pennington  to  dispose  of  land 


128        Immi<rratio7i  of  the  Irish  Oitakers 

and  to  have  the  management  of  her  property  here. 
Pennington  soon  died  and  Logan  was  her  sole  at- 
torney, until  in  171 1,  having  married  William 
Aubrey,  a  London  merchant,  Letitia  and  her  hus- 
band executed  another  power  of  attorney  to 
Logan  and  Samuel  Carpenter. 
Kennett  The  land  described  in  Letitia  Penn's  patent  in- 
Township  (,l^JgJ  nearly  all  of  the  Township  of  Kennett, 
excepting  a  few  small  tracts  already  conveyed  to 
settlers,  and  although  for  some  years  known  by 
its  manorial  name,  it  soon  came  to  be  called  Ken- 
nett.^ Kennett  is  first  mentioned  on  the  court 
records  in  February,  1705,  when  Henry  Peirce 
appeared  in  court  as  constable  for  that  township. 
In  1706,  he  was  appointed  supervisor  of  the  high- 
ways, and  Ezekiel  Harlan  (son  of  George  Har- 
lan), the  heaviest  tax  payer  in  the  Township,  suc- 
ceeded him  as  constable.  George  Harlan  and 
Gayen  Miller  were  probably  the  first  of  the  Irish 


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Friends  to  secure  land  in  Kennett.  In  1702, 
Miller  purchased  200  acres  on  the  east  branch  of 
Red  Clay  Creek,  including  the  eastern  part  of  the 

'  The  name  Kennett,  it  is  Ihoiiglit,  was  suggested  by  Krancis  Smith,  who 
in  16S6  had  taken  up  200  acres  of  land  at  the  mouth  of  Pocopson  Creek, 
within  the  original  limits  of  the  township,  and  who  had  come  from  Devizes, 
in  Wiltshire,  England,  in  which  county  there  is  a  creek  and  a  village 
called  Kennett. 


Places  of  Settlement  1 29 

present  Borough  of  Kennett  Square.'  He  was 
elected  to  the  Provincial  Assembly  in  1 714."  Har- 
lan, as  we  have  previously  stated,  settled  at  first 
at  Centre  in  New  Castle  County,  but  soon  moved 
up  the  Brandywine  and  purchased  470  acres  in 
Kennett,  now  Pennsbury,  Township.  While  liv- 
ing here  he  had  for  his  neighbors,  over  the  creek 
in  a  great  bend,  a  settlement  of  Indians.  After 
they  had  gone  away  he  obtained,  in  1701,  a  war- 
rant for  200  acres  in  this  bend  of  the  creek,  the 
land  beino-  aranted  "  in  reirard  of  the  great  trouble 
and  charge  he  has  bore  in  fencing  and  maintain- 
incr  the  same  for  the  said  Indians  while  living 
thereon."  George  Harlan  was  elected  to  the  Pro- 
vincial  Assembly  from  New  Castle  County  in 
1695,  and  from  Chester  County  in   1712.^ 

Of  the  forty-three  persons  taxed  in  Kennett, 
in  171 5,  there  were  nine  Irish  Friends,  as  follows  : 
Gayen  Miller,  8s.  6d.  ;  Michael  Harlan,  5s.  6d.  ; 
Ezekiel  Harlan,  12s.  6d.  ;  Aaron  Harlan,  5s.  6d.  ; 
Moses  Harlan,  4s.  2d. ;  Valentine  HoUingsworth, 
2s.  9d.  ;    James  Harlan,    2s.  6d.  ;  Joshua  Harlan, 

'  Kennett  Square  was  laid  out  and  named  about  1768  or  1769  ;  for  in 
a  deed  of  9  Mo.  29,  1768,  William  Dixson  conveyed  to  Joseph  Musgrave 
a  tract  of  3  acres  in  Kennett  Township,  "  in  a  place  intended  to  be  laid 

out  for  an  inland  town  called town,"  the  blank  indicating  that  a  name 

had  not  yet  been  chosen  ;  and  the  next  year  Dixson  conveyed  to  Musgrave 
another  tract  "near  a  place  called  Kennett  Square."  Both  grantor  and 
grantee  in  this  transaction  were  of  Irish  Quaker  stock. 

^Pt'nnn.  Archives,  2nd  Series,  IX.,  686. 

^/bid.,  652,  686. 

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1 30        Imtnigration  of  the  Irish  Qiiakc7's 

2S.  6d.  ;  John  Gregg,  3s.  4d.     In  17 16,  Benjamin 
Fred,   originally  from   Carlow    Meeting,   Ireland, 
purchased  200  acres  in  the  Township. 
NewjGaiden        .\g  ^y^j  have  Stated,  William  Penn,  Jr.,  received 

Township  r       i  i 

the  western  part  ot  the  30,000  acres  surveyed 
by  HoUingsworth,  in  1699,  and  his  sister  Letitia 
the  eastern  part.  The  western  tract  of  14,500 
acres  was  granted  by  patent  to  Penn,  by  the  com- 
missioners of  property.  May  24,  1 706,  and  like  his 
sister's  land  received  the  name  of  the  Manor  of 
Steyning.  Before  obtaining  the  patent  young 
Penn  had  already  appointed  Griffith  Owen,  James 
Logan,  and  Robert  Ashton  as  his  attorneys,  he 
being  about  to  return  to  England.  The  land  was 
not  immediately  taken  up  by  settlers,  but  about 
1 7 1 1 ,  several  families  of  Friends  from  Ireland, 
principally  from  the  Province  of  Leinster,  with  a 
few  from  the  Province  of  Ulster,  arrived  and,  pre- 
senting their  certificates  of  removal  to  Newark 
Monthly  Meeting,  settled  in  that  part  of  the  Manor 
which  lay  north  of  the  circular  line,  giving  to  their 
new  home  the  name  of  New  Garden  in  remem- 
brance of  New  Garden  Meeting,  in  County  Car- 
low,  Ireland,  whence  came  John  Lowden  and 
others  of  the  company.  Some  time  after,  the  part 
of  the  Manor  north  of  the  circular  line  was  erected 
into  a  township  and  called  New  Garden. 

These   Irish   Friends   in   most  cases  had  been 
settled  on  the  land  some  years  before  obtaining 


Places  of  Settlement  131 

their  titles.  In  171 2,  Gayen  Miller,  of  Kennett, 
purchased  700  acres,  while  the  next  year  grants 
were  made  to  John  Lowden,  James  Lindley, 
Michael  Lightfoot,  Joseph  Hutton,  from  County 
Carlow  ;  James  Starr,  from  County  Meath  ;  Wil- 
liam Halliday,  from  County  West  Meath  ;  Thomas 
Jackson,  from  Queen's  County;  and  John  Miller, 
from  Grange  near  Charlemont ;  and  in  17 14,  to 
Thomas  Garnett,  from  Grange  near  Charlemont, 
and  to  Joseph  Sharp,  possibly  from  Dublin  or  near 
by.  The  whole  amount  of  land  purchased  by 
these  Friends,  including  two  grants  to  Mary  Row- 
land, in  1708,  and  to  Abram  Marshall  in  1713, 
Friends  not  from  Ireland,  was  5413  acres,  at  the 
rate  of  £  20  per  hundred,  or  according  to  modern 
computation,  one  dollar  per  acre. 

A  drafts  of  the  Manor,  made  not  lonof  after  the 
above  grants,  probably  by  John  Taylor,  surveyor,  is 
reproduced  on  the  next  page  in  the  form  of  a  map, 
and  shows  that  nearly  the  whole  of  what  is  now  New 
Garden  Township  was  seated  by  Irish  Friends.'- 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
Manor,  as  shown  on  this  map,  the  numbers  indi- 
cating the  location  of  the  land  and  the  asterisk 
showing  who  were  Irish  Friends : 

1  The  original  draft  is  in  possession  of  Thompson  Richards,  of  Tough- 
kenamon,  who  is  a  descendant  of  several  families  of  Irish  Friends,  and  who 
owns  and  resides  upon  a  large  part  of  the  700  acres  granted  to  his  ances- 
tor, Mary  Rowland,  iri  170S. 

2  With  the  kind  permission  of  EUwood  Michener,  I  have  made  use  of 
his  History  of  New  Garden,  a  valuable  series  of  sketches  tracing  the  his- 


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A.  Toughkenamon  Hill  line.  l6.  Thos.   Edmunds  and  Thos 

B.  Middle  division  line.  John. 

C.  Pennsylvania    and    Delaware         17.  Reece  Meredith. 

State  line.  18.  Anthony  Houston. 

1.   Mary  Rowland.  19.  Vacant. 

*2.  John  Miller.  20.  William  Rutledge. 

*3.   Robert  Johnson.  *2I.  Simon  Hadly. 

4.   Evan  Evans.  *22.  Benjamin  Fred. 

*5.  Joseph  Sharp.  *23.  John  Lowden. 

*6.    James  Lindley.  *24.  Thomas  Milhous. 

*7.  Thomas  Garnett.  *25.  James  Starr. 

*8.  Joseph  Sharp.  *26.  Francis  Hobson. 

»9.  John  Sharp.  *27.  Gayen  Miller. 

*io.  Michael  Lightfoot.  *28.  Joseph  Hutton. 

*li.  John  Wily.  29.  William  Huse. 

*I2.  Thomas  Jackson.  30.  John  Thomas. 

*I3.  William  Halliday.  31.  John  Evans. 

14.  Abram  Marshall.  32.  Vacant. 
*I5.  John  Miller. 

The  tracts,  as  may  be  seen,  were  mostly  rec- 
taneular.  In  the  north-east  corner  we  find  Rob- 
ert  Johnson,  from  County  Carlow,  with  200 
acres,  confirmed  to  him  in  171 5  ;  Evan  Evans, 
probably  a  Welshman,  with  500  acres  in  the 
north-west  corner,  which  he  sold  some  time  prior 
to  1 716  to  Thomas  Garnett;  Joseph  Sharp 
below    him    on    White    Clay    Creek,    200    acres, 

tory  of  the  land,  as  laid  out  in  this  draft,  from  the  first  to  the  present 
owners,  which  appeared  in  the  weekly  issues  of  the  Kennett  Square 
{V&.')  Advance ,  during  the  years  1S9S  and  1899.  Elhvood  Michener,  who 
is  a  prominent  member  of  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  and  a  son  of  the 
late  Dr.  Ezra  Michener,  author  of  A  Retrospect  of  Qiiaierism,  so  frequently 
cited  in  this  work,  is  the  custodian  of  a  large  collection  of  Friends'  rec- 
ords kept  in  a  safe  at  his  residence  in  New  G.irden,  and  as  a  surveyor  and 
conveyancer  for  many  years  in  the  Township,  he  has  had  exceptional  op- 
portunities for  the  compilation  of  these  sketches.  What  makes  the  sketches 
of  special  value  is  the  fact  that  he  has  made  use  of  the  original  title  deeds, 
many  of  which  have  not  been  recorded. 


134        Immigraiiofi  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

granted  in  1717  ;  James  Lindley,  200  acres,  lying 
north  of  the  Toughkenamon^  Hill.  The  remain- 
ing land  north  of  the  hill,  about  1,050  acres,  was 
vacant.  From  the  hill  a  line  ran  south  through 
the  middle  of  the  Manor,  following  the  course  of 
the  present  road  from  Toughkenamon  to  New 
Garden  Meeting  House,  almost  to  the  circular 
line.  Taking  the  east  side  we  have  first,  Mary 
Rowland,  700  acres,  including  the  beautiful  valley 
which  extends  from  the  present  village  of  Tough- 
kenamon to  Kennett  Square.  Ne.xt  south  of  this 
tract  800  acres  were  divided  among  John  Sharp, 
doubdess  a  brother  of  Joseph  Sharp,  on  the  east 
side  300  acres ;  Joseph  Sharp,  200  acres,  confirmed 
to  him  in  17 14,  but  sold  by  him  the  next  year  ; 
and  Thomas  Garnett,  with  300  acres.  South  of 
these  on  the  Kennett  line  were  William  Tanner, 
probably  an  Irish  Friend,  with  200  acres,  which 
passed  finally  into  the  hands  of  Thomas  Milhous, 

an  arrival  from  Dublin,  in  1729;  John  Lowden, 
from  County  Carlow,  with  300  acres  ;  and  Benja- 
min Fred,  with  300  acres,  the  latter  almost  touch- 
ing on  the  circular  line.  Below  Benjamin  Fred 
came   Simon   Hadly,  from   County  West  Meath, 

1 "  Dochcanaraon  IliU"  is  mc-nlioned  in  the  original  survey  of  the 
Manor,  in  1700.  The  name  is  of  Indian  origin  and  is  said  to  mean  "  Fire- 
brand hill." 


Places  of  Settlement  135 

with  a  large  tract,  the  greater  part  of  which  ex- 
tended into  New  Castle  County.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  jus- 
tice  of  the  /'^~\(^f 
peace  in  New  f  fj  i'^fU7?2^ 
Castle  County,  ^-^ 
in  1726.^  Be- 
tween these  and  the  middle  line  were  Michael 
Lightfoot,  (300  acres),  who  arrived  in  171 2,  be- 
came an  eminent  minister  of  the  Society,  and  some 
years  later  removed  to  Philadelphia,  at  the  time 
of  his  death  being  Treasurer  of  the  Province  ;  John 
Wily,  from  County  West  Meath,  with  200  acres  ; 
Thomas  Jackson,  with  200  acres  ;  and  continuing 
southward,  William  Halliday,  with  200  acres. 
John  Miller  owned  1,013  acres  which  extended 
from  the  middle  line  to  London  Grove  Township 
on  the  west,  and  from  Toughkenamon  Hill  to 
New  Garden  Meeting  House.  He  lived  on  White 
Clay  Creek,  on  or  near  the  site  of  Avondale, 
and  built  a  trrist  mill — the  first  in  that  region 
— which  did  the  o-finding  for  the  inhabitants 
many  miles  around,  even,  it  is  said,  as  far  as 
Lancaster.  New  Garden  Meeting  was  held  at 
his  house  as  early  as  1712.  He  also  owned  a 
smaller  tract  of  land.  No.  15,  the  greater  part  of 
which  extended  into  New  Castle  County.  He  was 
appointed  a  representative  to  the  Provincial  As- 

'  Penna.  Arc/lives,  2d  Series,  IX.,  649.  , 


136         Ivnnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

sembly  in  1714,  but  died  the  same  year.'  Next 
south  of  Miller's  large  tract,  Joseph  Hutton  held 
250  acres  on  the  west  line,  and  James  Starr 
350  acres  on  the  middle  line.  Of  900  acres  south 
of  these,  Francis  Hobson,  from  Grange  near 
Charlemont,  held  200  acres  in  the  north-east  corner 
and  the  remainder  was  purchased  by  Gayen 
Miller.  From  this  southward  there  was  a  vacant 
tract  of  several  thousand  acres. 

Of  the  twenty-two  persons  taxed  in  New  Gar- 
den in  1 7 15,  fifteen  were  Irish  Friends,  as  follows  : 
Mary  Miller,  9s.;  Michael  Lightfoot,  2s.;  William 
Halliday,  2s.  yd.;  Margaret  Lowden,  2s.;  James 
Lindley,  4s.  6d.;  Thomas  Jackson,  3s.;  James 
Starr,  3s.;  Francis  Hobson,  2s.;  Joseph  Garnett, 
2s.;  Robert  Johnson,  2s.;  John  Sharp,  3s.  6d.; 
Joseph  Sharp,  2s.;  John  Wiley,  2s.  4d.;  Thomas 
Garnett,  3s.  9d.;  Benjamin  Fred,  2s.  id. 
New  Garden  At  first  the  Friends  of  the  New  Garden  settle- 

Meeting  picnt  attended  Kennctt  Meeting,  but  soon   they 

were  allowed  to  hold  a  meeting  of  their  own,  as 
evidenced  by  the  following  extracts  from  the 
Minutes  of  Chester  Quarterly  Meeting  : 

12  Mo.  2,  1 71 2. — "Newark  monthly  meeting 
requests  that  there  may  be  a  first  &  fifth  Days 
meeting  settled  at  John  Miller's.  This  meeting, 
considering  thereof,  thinks  fitt  to  Refer  the  fur- 
ther Consideration  thereof  to  the  ne.xt  Quarterly 
meeting." 

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Places  of  Settlement  1 3  7 

3  Mo.  4,  1 7 13. — "This  meetino-,  Considering 
further  of  settleing  a  meeting  at  or  nere  John  Mil- 
ler's, Do  allow  that  a  first  and  fifth  Dayes  meeting 
be  kept  at  John  Miller's  Dwelling  House  for  this 
Ensuing  Quarter,  or  until  further  order,  and  the 
said  meeting  to  belong  to  Kennet  Preparative 
Meeting  for  the  Present." 

6  Mo.  3,  1 713.—"  Also  the  said  Meeting  Re- 
quests that  the  ffriends  of  the  meeting  kept  at 
John  Miller's  may  have  Liberty  to  Build  a  meeting 
house  near  Michel  Lightfoot's,  which  this  meet- 
ing, takeing  into  Consideration,  do  allow  the  same 
ffriends  of  that  meeting  so  to  do,  and  not  to  Ex- 
ceed half  a  mile  from  the  said  Michel's." 

A  meeting-house  was  built  probably  later  in 
this  year,  on  a  rectangular  tract  of  six  acres,  in 
the  south-east  corner  of  John  Miller's  original 
plantation.  James  Miller,  of  New  Garden,  yeo- 
man, son  and  heir  of  John  Miller,  for  a  considera- 
tion oi  £\,  1 6s.,  granted  the  six  acres,  by  deed  of 
10  Mo.  26,  1 71 7,  to  Simon  Hadly,  James  Starr, 
Thomas  Jackson,  and  Michael  Lightfoot,  evidently 
in  trust  for  New  Garden  Meeting,  for  by  deed  of 
December  12,  1723,  the  latter  Friends  formally 
transferred  the  land  to  the  Meetino-.i 

At  Newark  Monthly  Meeting  10  Mo.  3,  1715 
"  ffriends  belonging  to  Newgardin  first  day's  meet- 
ing, having  requested  of  this  meeting  the  Liberty 

'  Original  deeds  in  possession  of  the  Meeting, 


1 38        I))iniigratio}i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

of  houldino;  a  prepiritive  meeting  at  the  meeting 
house  of  Newgarden,  this  meeting  aproves  their 
Request  and  grants  them  the  Liberty  of  houkling 
such  a  preparative  meeting." 


New  Garden  Meeting  House 
From  a  drawing  by  EUwood  Michener,  1S50 

In    1 743   the   south   end   of  the   present   brick 

house  was  erected   in  the  room  of  the  former  log 

one.     The  north  end  was  added  about  the  year 

1790. 

New  Garden  Ncw    Garden  Monthly   meeting,  formed  from 

Monthly  Meet-  Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1718,  included  the 

ing  Erected,  _  •'  . 

1718  meetings  of  New  Garden,  Nottingham,  London 


Places  of  Settlement  1 39 

Grove,  and  others  subsequently  formed  to  the 
westward,  and  was  first  convened  5  Mo.  12,  1718. 
It  was  held  sometimes  at  Nottingham,  now  in 
Cecil  County,  Marjdand,  until  the  establishment 
of  Nottingham  Monthly  meeting,  in  1730:  and 
afterward  alternated  to  London  Grove,  until  the 
erection  of  London  Grove  Monthly  Meeting,  in 
1792.  The  first  clerk  of  the  Monthly  Meeting 
was  James  Starr,  who  served  until  1726,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  Benjamin  Fred.^ 

Adjoining  New  Garden  on  the  west  is  London  London  Grove 
Grove  Township  to  which  also  came  many  Irish     °^°^  '^ 
Friends.     This  township  was  organized  in  1723. 
On  August  12,  1699,  William  Penn  sold  to  Tobias 
Collet,  Daniel  Ouare,  Henry  Goldney,  and  Michael 
Russell,  Friends  of  London,  among  other  lands, 
60,000  acres,  not   then    located,    and  granted  a 
warrant,  dated  6  Mo.  (August)  17,  1699,  for  the 
survey  thereof     These  persons  admitted  others 
into  partnership  with  them,  and  formed  a  com- 
pany, generally  known  as  the  London  Company,  London 
for  the  improvement  of  their  property,  the  number     °"'f"^"^ 
of  shares  eventually  reaching  8,800,  and  the  share- 
holders several  hundred.     As  a  part  of  the  60,000 

'  At  the  Monthly  Meeting,  2  Mo.  II,  1719,  "  Caleb  Piisey  is  Appointed 
to  procure  a  Book  to  Enter  y=  records  of  ye  Monthly  Meeting  in,  &  one  to 
records  births  cSt  Burials,  &  also  one  To  Record  Marriage  Certificates  &  Cer- 
tificates of  Settlements  In."  9  Mo.  12,  1720,  "  Caleb  Pusey  According  to 
Appointment  hath  Procured  Three  Books  for  yc  Use  of  this  Meeting, 
which  are  brought  heere  &  att  present  to  be  Lodged  att  Thomas  Light- 
foots." 


1 40        luimigration  of  tlic  Irish  Quakers 

acres,  a  survey  in  Chester  County,  was  made  of 
16,500  acres,  which  inchided  nearly  all  of  the 
present  Township  of  London  Grove  and  the 
greater  part  of  the  Townships  of  Franklin  (for- 
merly a  part  of  New  London)  and  London  Britain. 
This  tract  was  rectangular,  being  over  three  miles 
wide,  and  about  eight  and  six-tenths  miles  long. 
That  part  of  London  Grove  which  lies  directly 
north  of  New  Garden,  containing  718  acres,  was 
subsequently  added  to  the  former  survey,  so  that 
the  London  Company  owned,  altogether,  17,218 
acres  in  Chester  County,  for  which  a  patent  was 
granted  June  25,  1718.  Much  of  the  land  was 
originally  leased  for  a  term  of  years,  with  stipula- 
tions that  a  certain  number  of  acres  should  be 
cleared  and  plowed  yearly,  orchards  planted,  etc. 
The  following  advertisement  was  probably  cir- 
culated soon  after  the  land  was  taken  up  : 

"The  PkurRimoRs  Oi"  Tiik  Pe.\silvani.\  Land 
Company  In  London  Do  Hereby  Give  Notice 

"To  all  persons  that  are  willing  to  settle  upon 
lands  in  Pensilvania,  and  the  territories  there- 
unto belonging, 

"That  they  will  Give  to  Every  such  Person  or 
Persons  I-'ifty  Acres  of  Land  to  them  and  their 
Heirs  for  ever,  Free  and  Clear  of  all  manner  of 
Quit-Rents  :  Ten  Families  to  Settle  together  for 
the  Conveniency  of  Good  Neighbourhood  in  every 


Place  of  Settlement  1 4 1 

Five  Thousand  Acres.  This  Encouraofement  we 
promise  to  Give  to  a  Hundred  Famihes  ;  and  so 
soon  as  each  Family  have  Built  them  a  Cottage, 
and  cleared  Ten  Acres  of  Land,  every  Family  so 
settling  shall  have  Deeds  executed  by  the  trustees, 
and  sent  them  over  upon  Certificate  for  that 
purpose  first  obtained  under  the  Hands  of  this 
Company's  Agent  or  Agents  Residing  in  Pensil- 
vania. 

"  Samuel  Carpenter  &  Tho.  ffairtnan  are  the 
Comp's  Agents." 

Under  the  direction  of  the  Company's  agent, 
John  Estaugh,  of  Haddonfield,  in  New  Jersey, 
Isaac  Taylor,  Deputy-Surveyor  of  Chester  County, 
surveyed  many  tracts  for  settlers  on  the  Company's 
lands.  Like  those  of  New  Garden  the  subdivis- 
ions in  London  Grove  were  mostly  rectangular, 
and  a  laree  number  of  them  seem  to  have  been 
laid  out  in  1718  and  1719.  Many  of  the  settlers 
obtained  deeds  for  their  lands,  dated  March  14, 
1722-3,  from  Collet,  Ouare,  and  Goldney. 

John  Cane,  a  Friend,  who  with  his  wife  Ann 
came  over  from  County  Armagh  about  1713,  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  London  Grove,  but  he 
did    not    long  sur- 

Vive    to    enjoy   his      ^^  Qyi^hn^ 
new   home.      John     /y 
Allen,  who  was  an 
Irish    Friend,    arrived  as  early  as    17 14  and  lo- 


142         Imyttigration  of  tlie  Irish  Quakers 

cated  in  the  Township  on  the  north-west  line  of 
New  Garden.  Here  he  built  and  operated  one 
of  the  earliest  mills  of  that  section.  In  1719 
he  purchased  from  Thomas  Garnett  an  adjoining 
tract  of  200  acres  over  the  line  in  New  Garden, 
being  part  of  the  500  acres  granted  to  Garnett  by 
Evan  Evans,  as  previously  stated.  Below  Allen 
we  find  Joseph  Sharp  with  a  tract  of  100  acres, 
which  joined  his  plantation  in  New  Garden. 
Joseph  Sharp,  a  tanner  by  trade,  was  appointed 
one  of  the  overseers  of  the  poor  in  the  newly- 
organized  Township  of  London  Grove  in  1723. 
His  son,  Samuel  Sharp,  a  resident  in  London 
Grove,  served  as  a  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress.  In  1722,  James  Lindley,  of  New  Gar- 
den, purchased  400  acres  and  in  the  next  year 
became  the  first  constable  of  the  Township. 
Jeremiah  Starr,  of  Oldcastle,  County  Meath, 
brother  of  James  Starr,  of  New  Garden,  arrived 
with  his  family  in  the  year  171 7,  and  took  up  a 
tract  of  land  in  London  Grove,  a  little  north-west 
of  Avondale.  He  represented  Chester  County  in 
the  Assembly  from  1 738  until  1 743,  when  he  be- 
came Collector  of  Excise,  a  position  he  held  until 

Of  the  forty-two  taxable  persons  in  London 
Grove  in  1724  there  were  ten  Irish  Friends  :  John 
Allen,  8s.;  Joseph  Sharp,  13s.;  Jeremiah  Starr,  4s. 

'  Pcnn'a  Archives,  2nd  Series,  IX.,  690-1,674. 


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Place  of  Settlement  143 

6d.;  James  Lindley,  19s.;  Robert  Cane,  4.S.;  John 
Cane,  7s.;  Moses  Harlan,  4s.;  Michael  Harlan, 
Sr.,  13s.  4d.;  Michael  Harlan,  Jr.,  2s.  4d.;  Joseph 
Garnett,  is.  8d. 

London  Grove  Meeting  was  established  by  au-  London  Grove 
thority  of  Chester  Quarterly  Meeting  in  1 714,  and  '^^  '"^ 
was  held  at  the  house  of  John  Smith,  son-in-law  of 
Caleb  Pusey,  in  what  is  now  East  Marlborough, 
until  1724,  when  a  meeting-house  was  erected  in 
the  north-east  corner  of  London  Grove.  In  1743 
this  was  replaced  by  a  larger  house.  An  addition 
was  made  to  this  building  in  1775,  for  Richard 
Barnard,  a  member  of  the  meeting,  notes  in  his 
diary  under  date  of  10  Mo.  19,  1775,  that  he  was 
"  At  London  Grove,  raisinsj  adition  to  meeting 
house."'  This  structure  was  removed  in  1818, 
and  the  present  meeting-house  built.'- 

North  of  Kennett,  New  Garden,  and  London  Marlborough 
Grove  was  Marlborough  Township,  named  from  ^"^^^""p 
Marlborough,  in  Wiltshire,  England,  and  organized 
in  1 704.  The  eastern  part  was  laid  out  about 
1700,  in  right  of  purchases  made  in  England,  as 
was  also  some  of  the  western  part.  The  Town- 
ship was  divided  into  East  and  West  Marlborough 
in  1729. 

'  MS.  Diary  of  Richard  Barnard,  in  possession  of  a  descendant,  Milton 
Barnard,  Northbrook,  Chester  County. 

^"Historical  Sketch  of  the  Friends'  Meeting-house  at  London  Grove," 
by  Thompson  Frame,  in  Philadelphia  Friend,  7  Mo.  27,  1901.  (Vol. 
LXXV.,  p.  II.) 


1 44         J)iiniigratio)i  of  tJie  Irish  Quakers 

The  only  resident  Irish   Friend  mendoned  in 
dic!    list    of  twenty-eight    persons    taxed    in    the 
Joseph  Township  in  171 5,  was  Joseph  Pennock,  a  nadve 

Pennock  ^j-  (^loprnel,  County  Tipperary.  He  removed  to 
what  is  now  West  Marlborough  Township  as  early 
as  1 7 14  and  settled  on  a  large  tract  of  1250  acres, 
of  which  he  became  proprietor  by  virtue  of  a 
grant  from  William  I'enn  to  his  grandfather, 
George  Collett,  of  Clonmel.  In  i  738  he  built  a 
mansion  called  "  Primitive  Hall,"  which  is  still 
standing  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  Pen- 
nock took  a  prominent  and  active  part  in  meet- 
ing and  civil  affairs,  serving  as  a  member  of  the 
Provincial  Assembly  almost  continuously  from 
1 7 16  to  1744.^  For  many  years  he  was  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,- and  in  1736,  during  the  Cre- 
sap  War,  rising  from  the  dispute  over  the 
boundary  between  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland, 
he  was  one  of  the  five  men  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor Thomas  Penn  to  investigate  a  conspiracy 
hatched  by  agents  of  Maryland  among  the  set- 
tlers of  New  Garden  and  London  Grove. 

By  the  Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Property,  i  Mo. 
6,  1724-5,  we  find  that  "  Joseph  Pennock  requests 

the  Grant  of acres  of  the  tract  called  S'r  John 

t'^^.gg's    [Fagg's  Manor],  if  to  be  disposed  of "  ^ 
This   land  was  probably   in    Uiat  part  of  Fagg's 

^  Penn' a  Archives,  2nd  Series,   IX.,  686-691. 
« Ibid.,  678-9. 
i/biJ.,  XIX.,  726. 


Places  of  Settlement  145 

Manor  which  later  was  erected  into  Londonderry 
Township  and  which  adjoined  London  Grove  on 
the  west.  At  this  period  the  Manor  was  exposed 
to  the  encroachments  of  the  Scotch-Irish  squatters, 
who  caused  the  authorities  much  annoyance  by 
the  irregularities  of  their  settlements.  John  Tay- 
lor, the  surveyor,  notes  in  his  memorandum-book 
that  on  April  3rd,  1730  he  "  went  and  warned  the 
Irish  off  Fagg's  Manor."  In  the  following  letter 
to  James  Steel,  manager  of  the  land-office,  in 
Philadelphia,  Pennock  evidently  is  writing  of  the 
tract  requested  of  the  Board  of  Property,  and,  not 
having  a  patent,  doubtless  has  been  having  trouble 
to  hold  his  land  against  the  squatters.  The  letter^ 
is  given  with  the  quaintness  and  phonetic  speUing 
of  the  orieinal. 


& 


nock's  Letter, 
1725 


malborah  y'  9""  of  y'  j^'  1725 
"  ffrend  James  Steel 

I  am  ondar  Som  consarn  Joseph  Pen- 

of  minde  relatinof  to  Simkoks  affair,  when  I  was  at 
Chester  I  met  with  James  Logan  whoo  tould  mee 
(to  y'  best  of  my  rememborens)  y'  y^  Proprietors 
family  was  at  present  so  distrackted  or  unsettled 
y'  y'  Commishonars  nu  not  how  to  form  a  pattin 
[patent]  or  make  titols  to  Land  y'  thay  had  Set 
Som  days  &  had  Com  to  no  Conclution  about 
it.     it  has  Cost  mee  som  pounds  olredy  to  de- 

'  The  original  MS.  is  in  the  collection  of  a  descendant,  Mrs.  William 
H.  Miller,  of  Media,  Pa. 
10 


1 46         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

fend  the  Land  bot  if  I  cannot  hefe  a  patten  which 
would  be  my  Gost  foundetion  I  will  quit  it  for  its 
more  adviseble  to  drop  it  with  those  skars  olredy 
rescfd  then  bee  obliged  heer  after  to  Retrete 
with  wounds.  I  met  J.  L.  y'  next  day  on  y"  rode 
hee  tould  mee  y'  hee  would  doo  what  hee  Could 
in  my  affair  which  is  incorri^inc;.  Now  whot  I 
Request  of  y"  is  "jriresent  my  kind  Respekts  to  J. 
Logan  &  Let  him  no  my  resolutions  y'  if  I  Can 
hefe  a  patten  am  redy  to  defend  y'  Land  if  not 
most  Quit  it  for  it  would  be  vanity  in  mee  to  has- 
sord  my  Estete  at  blind  mans  bof  undar  f>tens  of 
defending  a  skrip  of  y"  Proprietors.  I  intrcte  y" 
when  y"  knows  y"  resolt  favor  mee  with  a  line 
which  will  delvar  mee  from  y'  payn  &  greatly 
oblige  thy  asurecd  ffrend  j    ^^-^^ocYi  " 

Joseph  Pennock's  son  Nathaniel  Pennock  also 
served  many  years  in  the  Assembly,  until  in  the 
memorable  year  of  1 756,  with  the  beginning  of  the 
war  against  the  Indians,  he  and  other  Friends 
resigned  their  seats  declaring  that  they  could  not 
be  a  part  of  a  government  openly  at  war. 

In  the  movine  and  drifting  about  which  was 
continually  occurring  among  the  settlers,  other 
Irish  Friends  made  their  way  to  the  Marl- 
boroughs,  among  the  earliest  of  whom  were 
Ezekiel  and  William  Harlan  of  the  numerous  pro- 
geny of  the  I  larlans,  Thomas  Jackson,  who  came 


'^  •  cTl^hfi^ 


Places  of  Settleme7it  1 47 

over  from  New  Garden  Township  as  early  as 
1 7 18,  and  Samuel  Beverly,  from  Ballinacree  Meet- 
ing, County  Antrim. 

Crossing   the   northern   boundary  of  Marlbor-  Newun  xowr- 
ough  we  come  to  a  township  the  whole  of  which  by  an  wsh 
was  owned  by  an  Irish  Friend,  Nathaniel  Newlin,  of  Q"^''" 
Concord,  and  named 
in  his  honor  Newlin 
Township.     This 
tract,  consisting  of  seven  thousand  seven  hundred 
acres,  through  the  center  of  which  flows  Brandy- 
wine  Creek,  was  purchased  by  Newlin,  evidently  as 
a  land  speculation,  from  the  trustees  of  the  Free 
Society  of  Traders,  by  deed  of  June  10,  1724,  for 
a  consideration  of  ;^8oo,  and  at  once  negotiations 
were  entered  into  for  the  sale  of  portions  of  it. 

Soon   a  difficulty  arose  with  the  Indians,  who  NewiMs 
had  a  village  on  the  north  side  of  the  Brandywine  JfiJ"l/in. 
in  the  east  end  of  the  tract,  and  laid  claim  to  the  '^""^ 
land  one  mile  wide  on  each  side  of  the  Creek  ; 
but  Newlin  and  the  purchasers  from  him  paid  no 
attention    to  their  demands.     Thereupon,  in  the 
summer  of  1725,  several  of  the  tribe  led  by  the 
chief   Checochinican    proceeded    to    Philadelphia 
and    appeared  before  the    Provincial    Assembly, 
through  their  interpreters,  one  of  whom  was  Eze- 
kiel  Harlan,  making  complaint  of  the  encroach- 
ments upon  their  lands.     The  Assembly  carefully 
considered  the  case,  but  made  no  satisfactory  ad- 
justment before  adjourning. 


148        hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

At  the  beeinnintj  of  the  next  session  in  the  fol- 
lowing  year,  the  Indians  again  appeared  and 
urged  their  claims.  The  subject  was  again  taken 
up  and  James  Logan  on  behalf  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Property  reported  that  they  had  "  used 
such  means  as  they  thought  most  likely  to  satisfy" 
the  Indians,  "and  continues  them  in  the  quiet 
possession  of  their  claims,  and  for  that  end  .  .  . 
had  agreed  and  accommodated  the  matter  with 
Nathaniel  Newlin."  Newlin  was  then  summoned 
before  the  Assembly,  and  declared  in  writing  that 
"  neither  he  nor  his  heirs  will,  by  any  means,  dis- 
turb or  molest  the  Indians  in  their  possessions  or 
claims."  With  these  assurances  the  Indians  ex- 
pressed themselves  as  satisfied,  and  after  shaking 
hands  with  Newlin  in  a  friendly  manner,  quietly 
returned  to  their  homes. 

The  work  of  settlement,  however,  seems  not  to 
have  been  retarded,  and  in  1729  the  chief  Checo- 
chinican,  on  behalf  of  his  people,  appealed  once 
more  to  the  government,  writing  that  notwith- 
standing Newlin's  promise  that  they  should  not 
be  disturbed  in  the  free  and  peaceable  enjoyment 
of  their  lands  on  the  Brandywine,  some  of  their 
lands  had  been  sold,  and  they  had  been  forbidden 
even  to  make  use  of  timber  growing  thereon  for 
the  building  of  cabins.  What  action,  if  any,  was 
taken  upon  this  complaint  has  not  been  learned, 
but  not  long  after,  the  greater  part  of  the  Indians 


Places  of  Settlement 


149 


removed  from  the  County,  and  all  trouble  grow- 
ing out  of  their  claims  ceased. 


Newlin  Township,  Chester  County,  in  1730 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  first  purchasers 


1 50        Immigration  of  the  IHsh  Quakers 


from  Newlin:  George  Harlan,  169  acres  for  ^50, 
14s.;  Stephen  Harlan,  20^/^  acres  for  /20,  10s.; 
Joseph  England,  200  acres  for  ^30 ;  Mordecai 
Cloud,  326  acres  for  £,<^'],  i6s.;  Abraham  Mar- 
shall, 120  acres  for  ^36;  Joel  Daily,  228  acres  for 
£b%,  8s.;  William  Dean,  124  acres  for  ^37,  4s.; 
George  Lashly,  75  acres  for  ^22,  los.;  and  Ralph 
Thompson,  75  acres  for  ^19,  19s.,  9d.,  a  total  of 
1337  acres  for  ^383.  The  purchasers  were  also 
to  pay  a  yearly  quit  rent  of  one  shilling  per 
hundred  acres. 

On  the  death  of  Nathaniel  Newlin  in  1729, 
those  portions  of  the  Township  yet  unsold  were 
divided  among  his  children  as  follows:  John,  946 
acres;  Nathaniel,  1,620  acres;  Jemima,  wife  of 
Richard  Eavenson,  913  acres;  Kesia,  wife  of 
William  Baily,  85 1  acres  ;  Mary,  wife  of  Richard 
Clayton,  895  acres ;  and  to  children  of  deceased 
daughter  Elizabeth,  who  had  married  Ellis  Lewis, 


Pikeland 
Township 
Granted  to 
Joseph  Pike, 
an  Irish 
Friend,  of 
Coik 


I.I 


acres. 


Newlin  was  not  the  only  township  in  Chester 
County  owned  by  an  Irish  Friend.  By  patent 
dated  December  3,  1705,  William  Penn  granted 
to  Joseph  Pike,'  a  wealthy  Quaker  merchant,  of 

'Joseph  Pike,  the  author  of  several  works  relating  to  1-riends  (see 
Joseph  .Smith's  Calalogiif  of  Friends'  Boots,  II.,  414),  son  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  Pike,  was  bom  II  Mo.  15,  1657,  on  a  farm  called  Kil- 
creagh,  seven  miles  west  of  Cork.  The  father,  Richard  Pike,  was  born 
about  1627,  in  the  town  of  Newberry,  Berkshire,  England,  of  parents  of 
good  reputation  "and  having  some  estate   in  houses  there  "  ;   and   about 


Places  of  Settlement  1 5 1 

Cork,  a  tract  of  over  10,000  acres  of  land,  lying 
north  of  the  Great  Valley,  which  was  organized 
under  the  name  of  Pikeland  Township,  and  in 
1838  divided  into  East  and  West  Pikeland. 
Joseph  Pike  died  in  1729,  and  by  his  will,  dated 
1727,  and  proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  the 
Archbishop  of  Armagh,  devised  Pikeland  and  a 
tract  of  over  1,500  acres  in  Cain,  on  the  south- 
ern part  of  which  is  now  Cain   Meeting  House, 

1648,  he  "  came  over  to  Ireland  a  Corporal  in  a  Troop  of  Horse  in  Crom- 
well's Array."  He  married  Elizabeth  Jackson,  bom  in  London  about 
1636,  of  parents  of  good  repute,  "  some  of  her  connexions  having  been 
chief  magistrates  of  that  city,"  and  settled  near  Cork.  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Pike  were  among  the  Friends  convinced  by  the  ministry  of  Ed- 
ward Burrough  at  Cork  in  1655.  In  1664,  they  removed  from  the  farm  of 
Kilcreagh  to  Cork  and  kept  a  shop.  Richard  died  4  Mo.  1668,  while  a 
prisoner  for  his  Quaker  principles,  and  was  the  first  Friend  interred  in  the 
burial  ground  of  the  Society  outside  the  south  gate  of  Cork.  Elizabeth 
died  in  1688.  Their  children  were  :  Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Wheddon, 
merchant,  and  died  in  1693;  Joseph;  Ebenezer ;  Richard;  Sarah;  and 
Benjamin,  who  died  the  same  day  as  his  father. 

Joseph  Pike  was  married  in  1682,  to  Elizabeth  Rogers,  eldest  daughter 
of  Francis  Rogers,  a  minister  of  the  Society.  After  his  marriage  he  joined 
his  brother  Richard  in  opening  a  linen-draper's  shop  in  Cork,  the  first  of 
the  kind  in  the  city.  His  business  affairs  fi-equently  took  him  to  England, 
Holland,  and  Flanders.  On  one  of  these  journeys  he  accompanied  William 
Penn  to  Holland  and  attended  the  yearly  meeting  at  Amsterdam.  Thomas 
Story  notes  in  his  journal  (p.  533)  that  in  1716,  while  on  a  religious  journey 
to  Ireland,  he  visited  Joseph  Pike,  of  Cork,  among  whose  guests  one  day 
at  dinner  were  the  young  Countess  of  Kildare,  her  maiden  sister,  and  three 
others  of  the  gentry.  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Pike  had  fourteen  children, 
of  whom  seven  survived  :  Richard  ;  Mary,  married  Thomas  Beale,  son  of 
Joshua,  of  Mountmellick  ;  Elizabeth,  married  to  Joshua  Beale,  brother  of 
Thomas  ;  Rachel ;  Samuel ;  Benjamin  ;  and  Anne. — .\utobiography  of 
Joseph  Pike,  Friend^  Library,  II.,  351-414;  Leadbeater,  169-184; 
Rutty,  316-318. 


1 5  2         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

to  his  wife  Elizabetli.  The  widow  Pitce  lield  the 
lands  until  her  death  in  1733,  when  they  came 
into  possession  of  her  son,  Richard  Pike.  I  le 
died  about  1752,  and  by  his  will'  bequeathed  all 
his  estate  in  Pennsylvania  to  his  kinsmen,  Sam- 
uel Hoare  and  Nathaniel  Newberr)',  merchants  of 
London.  In  1756,  Hoare  purchased  Newberry's 
interest  and  became  the  sole  owner.  The  land 
was  then  offered  for  sale  in  small  tracts.  Amone 
the  first  settlers  were  Samuel  Lightfoot  (son  of 
Thomas),  a  surveyor,  and  builder  of  the  first  mill 
in  that  neighborhood  ;  Michael  Lightfoot ;  Thomas 
Milhous,  who  removed  there  from  New  Garden 
Township  about  1 744  ;  and  Timothy  Kirk,  of  the 
Kirks  of  Lurgan,  County  Armagh. 

The  Great  A  number  of  Irish  Friends  removed  to  the  rich 
limestone  lands  of  the  Great  Valley,  which  ex- 
tends from  east  to  west  across  the  center  of 
Chester  County,  and  most  of  them  became  mem- 
bers of  Bradford  Monthly  Meeting  and  of  Cain 
Particular  Meeting.  Bradford  Monthly  Meeting, 
consisting  of  the  Particular  Meetings  of  Bradford 
and  Cain,  was  formed  from  Newark  Monthly 
Meeting  in  1737. 

^"'"  __  ^  meeting  "  at  Calne  in  y'  Valey  "  was  held  as 
early  as  i  7 1 6,  and  a  meeting-house  was  probably 

'  Richard  I'ike,  of  Stoke  Newington,  Middlesex,  England,  made  his 
will  .September  2,  1752  (proved  April  5,  1755),  and  mentions  his  nephews, 
Joshua  and  Joseph  Ueale,  sons  of  Joshua,  of  Cork,  and  Samuel  Hcale,  son 
of  sister,  Rachel  Beale,  and  niece,  Sarah  Beale,  daughter  of  Joshua. 


VaUey 


Meeting 


Places  of  Settlement  i  5  3 

erected  the  same  year  on  John  Mendenhall's  land. 
In  1726,  it  was  decided  to  build  another  meeting- 
house "  upon  the  further  side  of  y"  mounten." 
Some  years  later  Richard  Pike,  a  Friend,  of  Cork, 
who  owned  over  1,500  acres  in  Cain  Township, 
conveyed  to  Thomas  Parke  and  Robert  Miller,  of 
East  Cain,  for  the  use  of  Friends,  a  lot.'of  ground 
on  which  a  meeting-house  had  been  built  with  his 
consent ;  whether  this  was  the  second  or  a  third 
location  has  not  been  determined.  In  1801  the 
meeting-house  was  enlarged  to  accommodate  the 
new  Quarterly  Meeting  of  Cain. 

Cain  Township,  originally  including  the  territory  East  Cain 
now  embraced  in  Cain,  East  Cain,  West  Cain,  """"" 
East  Brandywine,  West  Brandywine,  and  a  part  of 
Valley  Township,  and  the  Borough  of  Downing- 
town,  and  that  part  of  Coatesville  lying  east  of 
the  west  branch  of  Brandywine  Creek,  was  named 
from  the  town  of  Calne,  in  Wiltshire,  England, 
and  was  organized  as  a  township  about  17 14. 
In  1728  it  was  divided  into  the  Townships  of  East 
and  West  Cain. 

In  East  Cain  settled  WiUiam  Pim,  from  Queen's 
County,  for  many  years  clerk  of  Bradford  Monthly 
Meeting,  overseer  and  elder  of  Cain  Meeting,  and 
justice  of  the  peace  ;  his  sons  Thomas  and  Rich- 
ard Pim  ;  Thomas  Parke,  from  County  Carlow,  an 
elder  of  Cain  Meeting,  purchaser  of  500  acres  of 
land  at  the  site  of  Downingtown  or  near  by,  where 


1 54         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Coalesi'ille 
Named/or 
an  Irish 
Quaker 


Phoenixville 

First  Settled 
by  Irish 
Quakers 


some  of  his  descendants  of  the  name  yet  reside ; 
Robert  Valentine  (son  of  Thomas  Valentine  and 
grandson  of  Thomas  Parke),  from  County  Car- 
low,  an  eminent  minister  of  the  Society  of  P'riends, 
who  made  a  religious  visit  to  Great  Britain  at  the 
close  of  the  Revolution  ;  Thomas  Coates,  son  of 
Moses  Coates,  from  County  Carlow ;  Thomas 
Pain,  from  Queen's  County  ;  Joseph  Wilkinson, 
son  of  Francis  Wilkinson,  from  Ballinacree, 
County  Antrim  ;  and  Evan  Wilkinson,  probably 
the  latter's  brother,  from  Ballinacree,  a  settler  in 
West  Cain. 

Moses  Coates,  grandson  of  Moses  Coates,  the 
emigrant  from  County  Carlow,  was  married  in 
1770  to  Hannah  Musgrave,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Musgrave,  an  Irish  Quaker,  of  Sadsbury,  Lan- 
caster County,  and  became  the  owner  of  a  tract 
of  land  now  occupied  by  the  Borough  of  Coates- 
ville,  which  was  laid  out  and  named  in  his  honor 
by  his  son  Dr.  Jesse  Coates. 

In  1 731,  Moses  Coates,  a  Friend,  originally  from 
County  Carlow,  purchased  600  acres,  and  James 
Starr,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  New  Garden,  350 
acres,  in  Charlestown,  now  Schuylkill,  Township, 
on  the  north  side  of  French  Creek  at  its  junction 
with  Schuylkill  River,  and  became  the  first  settlers 
at  the  site  of  Phoenixville.  Judge  Pennypacker, 
who  has  written  an  interesting  history  of  the  be- 
ginnings of  this  town,  relates  that  previous  to  his 


Places  of  Settlement  155 

purchase  Moses  Coates  "had  lived  for  about  a 
year  upon  the  other  side  of  the  Schuylkill,  where 
stands  the  present  village  of  Mont  Clare,  a  locality 
he  selected  because  the  Indians  were  there  less 
numerous.  At  night  he  slept  with  a  loaded  gun 
at  his  side,  and  a  servant  lay  at  the  door  of  his 
hut  with  a  pitch  fork.  Upon  longer  acquaintance, 
however,  he  found  the  Indians  disposed  to  be 
friendly,  and  his  fear  of  their  hostility  being  dis- 
sipated he  changed  his  place  of  residence"^  to 
the  other  side  of  the  River.  Here  he  "blazed 
paths  through  the  wilderness  about  his  home,  by 
cutting  chips  from  the  sides  of  the  trees,  so  that 
his  children  should  not  be  lost."  ^ 

In  1732,  James  Starr  erected  a  mill  which  was  EastNantmeai 
placed  under  control  of  his  two  sons,  James  and  ^""^^•"p 
Moses  ;  and  this  was  the  first  use  of  the  water 
power  of  French  Creek. ^  A  near  neighbor  of  the 
Starrs  and  Coates  was  Thomas  Valentine,  orig- 
inally from  Ballybrumhill,  County  Carlow,  who 
settled  across  the  Schuylkill  in  New  Providence 
Township,  now  Montgomery  County. 

In  the  summer  of  i  736,  Joshua  Marsh  and  his 
son  John  Marsh,  with  their  families,  from  Grange 
near  Charlemont,  arrived  and  settled  among  the 
Welsh  in  East  Nantmeal  Township.  Two  years 
later   they  were  joined    by  Joshua's    son-in-law, 

^  Annals  of  Phoenixville,  20. 
^Ibid.,  71. 
»/^/,/,,  21. 


156         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Thomas  McMillan,  and  family  from  Ballinacree, 
County  Antrim.  The  only  other  Irish  Friends 
known  to  be  in  the  locality  were  their  nearest 
neii^hbors,  William  and  Timothy  Kirk,  sons  of 
Alphonsus  Kirk,  of  New  Castle  County,  William 
Kirk  for  many  years  serving  as  overseer  of  Nant- 
meal  Meeting. 

These  Friends  brought  their  certificates  to 
Goshen  Monthly  Meeting,  thereby  becoming 
members  thereof  and  attended  Uwchlan  Partic- 
ular and  Preparative  meetings  until  the  establish- 
ment of  Nantmeal  Particular  Meeting  and  the 
erection  of  a  meeting  house  there  in  1741,  when 
Nantmeal  became  their  place  of  worship,  al- 
though they  still  attended  preparative  meetings 
at  Uwchlan. 

A  meeting-house  was  built  at  Nantmeal  in 
1777.  This  was  burned  about  1795,  and  another 
house  was  built.  For  many  years  the  meet- 
ing has  been  extinct.  Uwchlan  Particular  Meet- 
ing was  established  in  1 7 1 2,  and  the  Preparative 
Meeting  two  years  later.  The  present  meeting- 
house was  built  in  1756. 

About  1750,  the  Marshes  and  McMillans  joined 
the  early  westward  movement  and  migrated  to 
Warrington  Township,  York  County,  becoming 
members  of  Warrington  Meeting. 
Nottingham  Among  the  Irish  Friends  who  made  their  way 
to  the  Nottingham  settlements,  now  in  Maryland, 


Places  of  Settlement  157 

were  :  Roger   Kirk,    son  of  Alphonsus   Kirk,    of 
New  Castle   County;  his  kinsman,  Roger  Kirk, 


UwcHLAN  Meeting  House,  Chester  County,  Built  1756 

son  of  Timothy  Kirk,  of  Lurgan,  County  Armagh  ; 
Benjamin  Chandlee,  originally  from  County  Kil- 
dare;  and  Eli  Crockett,  from  Ballinacree,  County 
Antrim,  a  settler  at  Bush  River  Meeting. 


1 5  8         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

The  Friends  of  Nottingham  were  residents  of 
Chester  County,  until  about  i  765,  when  the  run- 
ninaf  of  the  famous  Mason  and  Dixon  line  broutjht 
them  within  the  limits  of  Cecil  County,  Maryland. 
In  1 701,  a  company  of  friends,  prominent  among 
whom  were  John  Churchman,  Andrew  Job,  Wil- 
liam and  James  Brown,  and  Henry  Reynolds,  re- 
moved from  the  old  settlements  in  the  vicinity  of 
Chester  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  some  18,000 
acres  of  land  called  Nottingham  on  Octorara 
Creek. 

In  1 705,  they  had  a  meeting  settled  among  them, 
held  at  the  home  of  William  Brown,  until  the  erec- 
tion of  a  meeting-house  in  1708-9.  This  build- 
ing was  replaced  by  one  of  brick  in  1724.  John 
Churchman  notes  in  his  journal  that  in  1748  the 
latter  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and  until  a  new  meet- 
iniT-house  could  be  built  the  meetings  were  held 
in  a  private  house.  When  rebuilt,  a  stone  addi- 
tion was  made  to  the  original  brick-work.  The 
wood-work  was  again  destroyed  by  fire  in  18 10. 
In  181 1  the  present  structure  was  erected,  and 
although  one-half  stone,  has  always  been  known 
as  the  "Brick  Meeting." 

Nottingham  Meeting  constituted  a  part  of  Con- 
cord Monthly  Meeting  until  in  171 5  it  was  trans- 
ferred to  Newark  Monthly  Meeting.  On  the 
erection  of  New  Garden  in  17 18  it  became  a  part 
of  that   Monthly   Meeting,  thus   continuing  until 


Places  of  Settlement  1 59 

1730,  when  Nottingham  Monthly  Meeting,  con- 
sisting of  the  meetings  of  East  Nottingham,  West 
Nottingham,  and  Rush  River,  was  established. 

The  first  of  the  Irish  Friends  to  settle  in  what  Lancaster 

County 

is  now  Lancaster  County  were  John  Musgrave 
and  his  son,  Moses  Musgrave,  who  as  early  as 
1 713  had  taken  up  land  in  the  almost  uninhabited 
region  on  Octoraro  Creek  within  the  present  liinits 
of  Sadsbury  Meeting,  the  father  purchasing  600 
acres  and  the  son  3CX)  acres.'  John  Musgrave,  as 
we  have  stated  before,  came  over  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  in  1682,  as  an  indented  servant  to 
Valentine  HoUingsworth,  and  served  his  time  with 
his  master  in  New  Castle  County.-  He  was  an 
active  participant  in  the  local  affairs  of  his  neigh- 
borhood, and  in  1730  and  1731  represented  Lan- 
caster County  in  the  Provincial  Assembly.^ 

For  a  decade  the  Musgraves  were  probably  the 
only  Irish  Friends  in  Sadsbury,  or  indeed  in  all  the 
County,  there  being  no  others  mentioned  in  the 
tax  lists  of  1 718  for  either  Sadsbury  or  Cones- 
toga;^  but  about  1723  an  advance-guard  of  a 
larger  migration,  conspicuous  among  whom  were 
Andrew  Moore  and  Samuel  Jackson,  from  Ballin- 
acree.  County  Antrim,  arrived  and  located  near 

>  Peiin'a  Archives,  2d  Series,  XIX.,  561,  569,  637,  70S. 
2  Deposition  of  John    Musgrave   in   Pennsylvania-Maryland  boundary 
dispute,  cited  in  McFarlan-Slern  Genealogy,  59. 
'  Penn'a  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX.,  775. 
*Futhey  and  Cope,  203,  171. 


1 60        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

the  Gap  at  the  end  of  the  Great  Chester  Valley. 
Soon  these  pioneers  were  joined  by  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  many  of  them  remaining  in 
Sadsbury,  and  others,  under  the  leadership  of 
Hattill  Varman,  from  County  Wexford,  pushing 
farther  to  the  westward  and  forming  a  settlement 
in  Leacock.  Such  a  large  proportion  of  these 
Friends  were  from  Ireland  that  the  meedngs,  which 
were  soon  established,  were  frequently  known  as 
the  Irish  meetings.  Edmund  Peckover,  a  Friend 
of  the  ministr)-.  from  England,  who  visited  these 
"back-settlers"  in  1742,  speaks  of  them  as 
"Friends  from  Ireland"  who  have  "three  or  four 
meetings  ;  though  Friends  are  but  thin  to  what 
they  are  in  other  parts  of  the  province."^ 

In  addition  to  those  just  mentioned,  the  follow- 
ing were  some  of  the  immigrants  to  this  region  : 
Thomas  McClun  or  McClung,  from  County  West 
Meath ;  William  McNabb,  from  Oldcasde,  County 
Meath  ;  Neal  O' Moony,  John  Boyd  and  sons  Wil- 
liam and  Samuel,  James  Hunter,  Samuel  Wilkin- 
son, and  William  Courtney,  from  Hallinacree, 
County  Antrim  ;  William  Evans,  from  County 
Wicklow  ;  John  Griffith  and  son  Christopher,  from 
Grange  near  Charlemont ;  Jonas  Chamberlin,  from 
King's  County  ;  James  Love  and  Thomas  Nevitt, 
from  County  Cavan  ;   Isaac  Steer  and  sons  John 

'  Minutes  of  London  Yearly  Meeting,  IX.,  322,  cited  by  Btrwdcn,  11., 
243- 


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and  Nicholas,  from  County  Antrim  ;  James  Smith, 
from  County  Armagh  ;  Thomas  Bulla  and  Law- 
rence Richardson,  from  Grange,  probably  near 
Charlemont ;  and  Thomas  Lindley  (son  of  James 
Lindly),  a  representative  to  the  Provincial  As- 
sembly. 

Meetings  of  an  informal  character  were  held  in  Sadsbury 
Sadsbur)' in  1723,^  but  a  regular  meeting  was  not  "  ^^'"^ 
established  until  the  following  year,  when  "Samuel 
Miller  and  Andrew  ]\Ioore  made  application,  on 
behalf  of  themselves  and  their  friends  settled  about 
Sadsbur)',  for  liberty  to  build  a  meeting,  which 
being  granted  by  the  Quarterly  Meeting,  they 
built  one  in  1725,  which  goes  by  the  name  of 
Sadsbury  Meeting."^  The  stone-work  of  the 
present  meeting-house  was  built  about  1760,  but 
the  wood-work  was  burned  during  the  period  of 
the  Revolution.^ 

In  1729,  "Sadsbury'  Preparative  Meeting  re-  Leacock 
quested  on  behalf  of  Friends  who  live  beyond  -^^^^'^"s 
Pequea,  to  have  a  meeting  at  the  house  of  Hat- 
tell  Varman  [in  Leacock  Township]  every  sixth- 
da}'  of  the  week  ;  which  this  meeting  allows."* 
The  regular  First-day  meeting  at  Leacock  was 
estabHshed  in  1732  and  held  at  Varman's  house. 
In  1 749,  the  meeting  was  removed  to  Lampeter 

'  Futkey  and  Cope,  239. 
s  Samuel  Smith  in  Hazard' s  Register,  VII. 
'Ellis  and  Evans,  History  of  Lancaster  County,  1036. 
*  Minutes  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  cited  by  Michener,  130. 
II 


1 62         hmnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Township  and  the  name  of  the  meeting  changed 
to  Lampeter, 
sadsbury  In  I  ']■},'],  the  Meetings  of  Sadsbury  and  Leacock, 
Meetine  which  up  to  this  date  had  formed  a  part  of  New 
Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  were  erected  into  Sads- 
bury Monthly  Meeting,  sessions  being  held  alter- 
nately at  the  two  places.  The  Meetings  of  New- 
berry, Warrington,  Huntington,  and  Menallen,  in 
what  is  now  York  and  Adams  Counties,  formed  a 
part  of  Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting,  until  1747, 
when  a  monthly  meeting  of  their  own  called  War- 
rington was  established. 
York  and  'phe  founding  of  the  Sadsbury  settlements  ini- 
Counties  tiated  that  westward  migration  of  Friends  which 
durino-  the  several  succeedinof  decades  moved 
across  Lancaster  County  to  the  west  side  of  the 
Susquehanna  and  gave  rise  to  the  meetings  in 
that  part  of  the  County  which  in  1749  became 
York  County.  By  1 727  thismovement  had  reached 
the  east  bank  of  the  Susquehanna,  at  Hempfield, 
now  Columbia,  where  in  that  year  settled  John 
Wright,  Robert  Barber,  Samuel  Blunston,  and 
others.  Here  it  was  delayed  for  a  time  by  the 
Cresap  War  rising  from  the  boundary  dispute  be- 
tween the  Penns  and  the  Lords  Baltimore,  but 
soon  it  crossed  to  the  west  side  of  the  River,  and 
as  early  as  1738  at  Newberry  had  begun  the  first 
of  that  belt  of  Quaker  settlements  extending  across 
the  northern  sections  of  what  is  now  York  and 


Places  of  Settlement  1 63 

Adams  Counties.  The  Irish  Friends  were  not  in 
the  vanguard  of  the  York  County  migration,  but 
during  the  middle  decades  of  the  century  they  ar- 
rived in  large  numbers  and  figured  prominently 
in  the  affairs  of  the  settlements. 

New^berry  ^  Meeting,  during  its  first  three  or  Newberry 
four  years  called  Manchester  Meeting,  was  in-  "  "^ 
eluded  in  Manchester  Township,  until  in  1 742  with 
the  organization  of  Newberry  Township  it  fell 
in  the  latter.-  The  first  settlers  came  from  the 
meetings  in  southern  Chester  County  and  New 
Castle  County  and  presented  their  certificates  of 
removal  to  Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting.  The 
Sadsbury  minutes  contain  an  interesting  account 
of  the  beginnings  of  the  York  County  meetings 
and  we  shall  let  the  records  tell  their  own  tale. 

3  Mo.  7,  1739. — "There  being  Divers  families 
of  friends  of  late  Settled  on  the  West  Side  of  Sus- 
quohanno.  Some  of  them  have  produced  Certifi- 
cates to  this  Meeting  from  Kenet  Meeting,  where 
they  formerly  Dwelt,  their  being  four  Mentioned  In 
one  Certificate  bearing  Date  ye  10'''  of  ye  2  "°  1738^ 
Vizt  Nathan  Husy  [Hussey],  Ann  his  wife,  John 
Garrison  [Garretson]  &  Content  his  wife,  John 
Day  and  Ann  his  wife  Christopher  Husy  [Hussey] 
&  Ann  his  wife  &  another  Certificate  from  the 

'  The  spelling  of  this  name  in  the  old  records  is  about  equally  divided 
between  Newberry  and  Ne^ubury,  but  the  former  is  the  accepted  form  at 
the  present  day. 

'Gibson's  History  of  York  County. 


1 64        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Qtiakers 

same  place  bearing  date  y^  4th  of  y^  5"°  1738,^ 
Recommends  Joseph  Benett  &  Rebecka  his  wife 
All  w?''  this  Meeting  receives  in  Membership  with 
us. 

"  The  Friends  of  that  Settlement  being  desirous 
of  a  Toleration  from  this  meeting  to  keep  meet- 
ings of  worship  Every  first  day  and  fourth  day  of 
of  y^  week  for  six  months  time  w''''  request  Is 
Granted." 

9  Mo.  5,  1739. —  "The  New  Meeting  Settled  on 
the  west  Side  of  Suckahana  haveing  had  Some 
time  past  a  tolleration  from  this  meeting  to  hould 
meetings  of  worship  Every  first  Day  and  fourth 
day  of  the  week  and  y"  time  being  Expired  att 
the  request  of  several  of  them,  being  in  this  meet- 
ing, friends  allows  them  twelf  monts  longer  to  be 
held  as  afore." 

Until  some  years  later,  when  a  meeting-house 
was  built,  this  meeting  evidently  was  held  at  the 
house  of  John  Day,  for  the  early  marriages'-  are 
known  to  have  taken  place  there. 

6  Mo.  5,  1745. — Andrew  Moore,  Calvin  Cooper, 
Jonas    Chamberlin,    and    Thomas   Bulla   are    ap- 

'  The  minutes  of  Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting  indicate  that 
these  certificates  were  dated  on  the  first  days  of  the  months  mentioned. 

'The  first  Quaker  wedding  in  what  is  now  York  County  was  that  of 
Rodert  Ilodgin,  carpenter,  of  Manchester,  later  Newberry  Township,  who 
was  married  5  Mo.  29,  1 740,  at  the  house  of  John  Day,  in  said  township, 
to  Theodate  .Seal,  widow  of  Joseph  Seal,  'llie  following  list  of  witnesses 
to  the  marriage  certificate  is  of  interest  as  showing  who  were  the  settlers  at 
that  date : 


Places'  of  Settlement 


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pointed  to  visit  the  meetings  on  the  west  side  of 
the  Susquehanna,  "  to  see  how  they  fare  in  the 
Truth  and  report  to  next  meeting."  8  Mo.  7, 
1745, — "Friends  Expressed  their  Satisfaction  in 
respect  of  a  visit  to  friends  on  the  West  Side  of 
Susquehana."  9  Mo.  4,  1745. — "Friends  of  New- 
bery  Requests  to  have  a  meeting  settled  ;  its  sent 
to  y"  Quarterly  Meeting  for  aprobation."  i  Mo- 
3,  1745-6. — "The  Request  that  went  to  Last 
Quarterly  Meeting  was  Granted,  i.  e.  that  New- 
berry Meeting  has  Liberty  to  hold  Meeting  of 
Worship  every  first  day  and  fourth  days  of  the 
week  as  Warrington  has  on  Every  first  day  and 
fifth  days  of  the  week  ;   and  those  two  Meetings 


Rebecca  Bennett 
Hannah  Fincher 
Mary  Cocks 
Rebecca  Cocks 
Ester  Davis 
Anne  Garratson 
Martha  Garratson 
Sarah  McAnabley 
Elizabeth  price 
Margrett  Carson 


James  Clemson 
Francis  ffincher 
Joseph  Bennett 
James  Alison  Jun' 
Wm  Garretson 
Joseph  Garretson 
Wm  Griffith 
James  Moore 
Thomas  Riley 
Caisia  Belley 
Jacob  Youngblod 
Wm  Baley 
James  Baley 
John  Baley 
James  Aleson  Sen' 
Charles  M°anele 
Patrick  Carson 


Robert  Hodgin 

her 

TheodateX  Hodgin 

mark 
Anne  Hussey 
Nathan  Hussey 
John  Hussey 
Christopher  Hussey 
Content  Garretson 
Ann  Day 
John  Day 
Thomas  fioland 
Pet'  Worall 
Thomas  Cocks 
John  Noblet 
Ann  Noblet 
Ann  Hussy 
Margret  Hussy 
John  Garretson 
Wm  Cocks 
Samuel  Cocks 


1 66        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

to  make  up  one  preparative  meeting,  to  be  held 
at  each  place  turn  about."  2  Mo.  7,  1 746. — "New- 
berry preparative  meeting  recommends  John  Day 
and  William  Garretson  for  overseers  in  that  meet- 
ing which  is  approved." 

The  original  Newberry  Meeting  land,  which  is 
in  the  present  village  of  Newberrytown,  consisted 
of  a  hexagonal  tract'  of  42  acres  and  61  perches, 
surveyed  April  10,  1767,  to  John  Garretson  and 
Joseph  Hutton,  in  trust  for  the  Society  of  Friends. 
Our  information  about  the  early  meeting-houses 
is  very  meagre,  but  the  first  building,  which  is 
said  to  have  been  of  logs,'  was  probably  erected 
on  this  tract.  The  old  burial  ground,^  which  at 
the  time  of  the  writer's  visit  to  the  place  in  1897 
was  an  almost  impenetrable  wilderness  of  briers 
and  sumac,  is  all  of  the  plot  that  is  now  owned  by 
the  Society.  The  remainder  of  the  land  and  the 
meeting-house,^  which  according  to  the  inscribed 
stone  in  the  west  gable  was  erected  in  1792,^  was 

•The  original  draft  of  the  tract  is  in  possession  of  Joel  V.  Garretson,  of 
Flora  Dale,  Adams  Co. ,  Pa. 

'Gibson's  Yori  County. 

"At  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  5  Mo.,  21,  1S40,  "Newberry 
Friends  inform  they  have  enclosed  a  graveyard  at  Newberry  meeting-house ; 
they  propose  closing  the  former  one  [in  Newberrytown]  it  being  full." 

*  This  is  a  substantial  structure  of  stone,  similar  in  appearance  to  the  old 
meeting-house  at  Warrington,  and  is  now  occupied  as  a  dwelling,  but  there 
has  been  no  material  chtinge  in  its  exterior. 

'At  Warrington  Quarterly  Meeting,  8  Mo.,  26,  1793,  in  answer  to  the 
second' annual  query,  report  was  made  that  "one  new  Meeting  house 
[has  been]  built  in  the  room  of  an  old  one  at  Newberry." 


Places  of  Settlement  167 

sold  about  181 1,  by  authority  of  a  special  act  of 
the  State  Legislature,^  and  the  meeting  was  moved 
to  another  location  about  two  miles  from  the  town. 
Here  a  stone  meeting-house  was  built  on  a  five- 
acre  lot  sold  to  Jesse  Wickersham  and  George 
Garretson,  in  trust  for  the  Society,  by  Samuel 
Garretson  and  Alice  his  wife,  by  deed  of  10  Mo. 
4,  1811."  The  meeting  is  now  extinct,  and  at  the 
time  of  my  visit  in  1897  the  meeting-house  was  in 
a  sad  state  of  decay,  but  recently  it  has  been  re- 
covered with  a  slate  roof  and  thoroughly  repaired.^ 
In  1897,  the  graveyard  presented  a  well-kept  ap- 
pearance and  was  enclosed  by  an  iron  fence. 

The  Newberry  community  received  a  consider- 
able body  of  the  Irish  Friends,  but  not  so  large 
as  did  Warrington  and  Menallen.  Some  of  those 
who  located  at  Newberry  were :  Timothy  Kirk 
and  his  sons  Jacob,  Timothy,  Caleb,  Ezekiel, 
and  Jonathan  Kirk  ;  Robert  Whinery,  originally 
from  Grange,  probably  near  Charlemont ;  Robert 
Miller  and  his  son  Samuel  ;  George  Boyd  ;  Joshua 
Low  ;  Joseph  and  John  Hutton  ;  William  Wilson  ; 
and  several  members  of  the  Hobson  family. 

'At  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  12  Mo.,  19,  1810,  "Newberry 
preparative  meeting  infornas  they  have  agreed  to  sell  the  land  where  the 
present  meeting  House  is  built  and  to  purchase  other  in  a  more  convenient 
and  central  place." 

2  Deed  in  possession  of  Menallen  Monthly  Meeting,  recorded  in  Deed 
Book  LLL,  p.  51,  Recorder's  Office,  York,  Pa. 

'  Dr.  William  H.  Egle's  historical  Nota  and  Querits,  lio-i  13,  annual 
volume  for  J900,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  1901. 


1 68         Inunigj'ation  of  the  h-ish  Quakers 

Warrington  Warrington  Meeting,  in  Warrington  Townsliip, 
°^  about  nine  miles  south-west  of  Newberry  and  mid- 
way between  the  present  villages  of  Wellsville 
and  Rossville,  was  regularly  established'  in  1745," 
and  a  log  meeting-house'  erected  the  same  year 
on  a  tract  of  29  acres  and  156  perches,  •'  near  the 

'  It  is  probable  that  meetings  were  held  in  the  vicinity  of  Warrington 
as  early  as  1740,  for  on  the  22d  of  8  Mo.  of  that  year  a  marriage  was 
held  "at  y"  house  of  William  (Jarretson,"  who  resided  in  Warrington. 
This  was  the  marriage  of  James  Frazier  to  Rebecca  Cox,  datiyliter  of 
Thomas  Cox.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  persons  who  signed  the  mar- 
riage certificate  : 

Elcazer  Mires  Christopher  Hussey     Ann  Cox  JaMF::S    FrAZIER 

Joseph  t}arTctson  John  (iarrelson  Anne  Noblett  „ 

oshua  Kenworlhy       Joseph  Bennett  Content  Garrctson      KFRECCA    rRAZIER 

'rancis  Fincher  John  Earl  Theodate  Hodgin         Thomas  Cocks 

Edward   Mulleanoux   Samuel  Underwood      Mary  Crage  Alexander  Frazier 

Wm.  Griffith  John  Nohlitt  Anne  Waankin  Mary  Cocks 

Andrew  Rogers  Charles  Phillips  Ester  Daviss  Alexander  Frazier 

Wm.  Garrctson  Anne  Garretson  Isaac  Cox 

Daniel  Early  Rebecca  Rogers  John  (.'ox 

George  Alford  Kebecca  Bennett 

John  Fincher 
Jane  Fincher 
Nathan  Hussey 

'Minutes  of  Salisbury  Monthly  Meeting \  Samuel  Smith  in  Hazard'' s 

Register,  VII.,  134. 

'  The  following  paper  drawn  up  at  that  time  is  of  interest  as  showing  who 

were  the  subscribers  to  the  fund  for  the  building  of  the  first  meeting-house  : 

"  We  the  Subscribers  knowing  the  Necessity  of  Publick  Worship,  &  be- 
ing Destitute  of  a  pice  of  Land  to  Set  a  Meeting  House  on  Do  Each  of 
us  Promise  to  pay  the  Respective  sums  under  written  in  order  to  get  a  War- 
rent  for  25  acres  of  Land  adjoyning  Stephen  Ails  Land,  as  witness  our 
Hands  :  John  Earl,  55  ;  Alexander  Underwood,  3s  ;  Thomas  Cox,  5s  ; 
Joseph  Garretson,  5s;  William  Garretson,  Ss  ;  Christopher  Hussey,  5s; 
James  Frazier,  4s ;  Isaac  Cox,  3s  ;  Samuel  Underwood,  3s  ;  Thomas  Cook, 
3s  ;  Richard  Wickersham,  3s  ;  William  Underwood,  3s ;  Peter  Cook  Is. 
6d." — MS.  among  title  papers  of  Menallen  Monthly  Meeting. 

This  log  meetinghouse  stood  a  little  southeast  of  the  present  stone 
building,  on  a  part  of  the  tract  that  has  since  been  enclosed  in  the  grave- 
yard. The  foundations  were  di.scovered  in  the  latter  80' s  by  persons  dig- 
ging in  the  graveyard. 


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Places  of  Settlement  169 

Land  of  Stephen  Eyles  [Ailes]  on  a  Branch  of 
Conewago"  Creek.  A  warrant,  dated  July  5,  1 745, 
was  issued  for  the  land  to  be  held  in  trust  for  the 
Society  of  Friends,  but  owing  to  an  irregularity,  the 
land  was  later,  by  proclamation,  declared  vacant 
and  afterward  granted  by  patent,  dated  i  Mo.  22, 
1767,  from  John  Penn,  Lieutenant-Governor,  to 
William  Garretson,  William  Underwood,  William 
Penrose,  and  Peter  Cleaver,  in  trust  for  the  So- 
ciety, the  consideration  being  ^9,  12s,  gd.^ 

In  1769,'-  a  new  stone  meeting-house  was  built 
near  the  old  one.^  In  1 782,  it  was  found  necessary 
to  enlarge  the  building  to  almost  double  its  original 
size  in  order  to  accommodate  the  Quarterly  Meet- 
ing, and  a  stone  addition  was  made  to  the  north 
end.'*  The  following  year  the  old  end  was  thor- 
oughly repaired  and  given  a  new  floor  and  a  new 

•  Patent  (Recorded  page  207,  Patent  Book  A.  H.,  Vol.  7,  Department 
of  Internal  Aflfairs,  Harrisburg,  Pa. )  and  other  title  papers  in  possession  of 
trustees  of  Menallen  Monthly  Meeting. 

2  A  stone  bearing  this  date  may  be  seen  in  the  south  gable. 

'At  Western  Quarterly  Meeting,  held  in  Chester  County,  8  Mo.  21, 
1769,  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting  reported  "One  new  Meeting  House 
built  at  Warrington  near  the  old  one."  George  McMillan,  an  Irish  Friend, 
of  Warrington,  son  of  Thomas  McMillan,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting,  County 
Antrim,  notes  in  the  credit  column  of  his  Account  Book  ( 1 769-1795), 
which  is  in  possession  of  the  writer,  a  descendant,  that  in  March,  1769,  there 
was  "  due  by  subscription  to  Wm.  Garitson  for  bilding  a  New  meeting 
house  in  Wamton,  £},"  and  in  January,  1770  "by  ditto,  £\."  In  the 
debtor  column  he  notes  :  "  May  5th,  1769,  Pay''  to  Wm.  Garitson  for  said 
subscription  first  by  haling  timber  with  wag[on]  one  day,  los  ;  by  an  order 
from  Jacob  Williams  £\,o,  1\  dito  by  Cash  to  Pay  for  Lime  £l  ;  dito  by 
Cash  May  5th  £l,  los." 

*  Minutes  of  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting. 


1 70        Immigraticni  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

roof.'  With  the  exception  of  a  slate  roof  and  other 
repairs  effected  in  the  latter  8o's  the  old  structure 
remains  substantially  as  it  was  in  1782,  and  is 
still  surrounded  by  a  strip  of  the  primitive  forest. 
On  account  of  the  westward  emigration  the  regu- 
lar meeting  was  discontinued  about  the  middle  of 

'  Benjamin  Walker,  a  member  of  the  Meeting,  who  resided  on  an  ad- 
joining farm  to  the  south,  was  on  the  building  committee,  and  in  his  Diary 
( 1 780-1 786),  a  copy  of  which  is  in  my  collection,  gives  a  detailed  account 
of  the  work  of  construction.  4  Mo.  13,  1782,  he  is  "one  to  provide 
Nesareys  and  go  on  with  Building  an  addishing  to  our  Meeting  house." 
5  Mo.  16,  they  "  agreed  with  y'  Carpenters  to  Do  y'  work  for  the  Meet- 
ing house  ;  flowring  [flooring]  6s  by  y'^  Square,  Lining  y'  walls  7s-6d,  Galo- 
reer  [gallery]  12s  by  Square,  Sash  yd  p'  Light,  Sheters  [shutters]  4s  apeace, 
Doars  los.  Window  Cases  43-6d,  Doars  5s  6d."  6  Mo.  13,  5th  day, 
"  at  Meeting  this  Day  we  agreed  with  John  &  Jonah  Thomas  to  Build  a 
Stone  End  to  the  Meeting  house  and  with  y"  Carpenters." 

For  several  months  afterward  we  find  Walker  turning  aside  from  his 
many  other  duties  and  actively  engaged  in  pushing  forward  the  building  of 
the  meeting-house.  One  day  (7  Mo.  30)  he  goes  to  York  for  lime  ; 
another  he  is  hauling  stone;  and  another  (8  Mo.  7),  he  drives  "to  the 
pigeon  hills  for  Lime  35  Bushels."  8  Mo.  8,  "  Ditto  and  hailing  Comer 
Stone  from  Klihu  Underwood."  8  Mo.  27  he  is  "  hailing  the  -Summer 
Beam."  By  9  Mo.  6,  6th  day,  the  stone  work  had  so  far  progressed  that 
our  diarist  notes,  "  At  our  Meeting  f[or]  Suflfrings  Raising  y'  New  End  of 
y*  meeting  house."  10  Mo.  14,  he  hauled  "Shingles  from  y' Meeting 
house  to  Wm.  McMuUins  [brother  of  George  McMillan]  to  Soak."  By 
10  Mo.  21,  no  doubt  the  shingles  were  sufficiently  soaked,  and  evidently 
he  is  returning  them,  when  he  writes  under  this  date,  "  hailing  Shingals 
for  y"  Meeting  house." 

The  addition  was  soon  completed,  and,  I  Mo.  2,  17S3,  we  lind  the 
committee  settling  with  "  the  Masons  for  Building  y'  new  meeting  house 
and  ther  is  Due  to  them  jf  44-4-0." 

Repairs  on  the  old  end  were  begun  the  following  summer.  5  ^'°'  ^7i 
1783,  they  were  "  Striping  the  old  Roof  of[r],"  and  6  Mo.  20,  "  hailing 
Sleepers  for  the  Meeting  house."  8  Mo.  It,  they  were  "  taking  up  the 
Meeting  house  floorc."  9  Mo.  26,  Walker  went  "to  Manahan  to  Allin 
Tarbuts  for  a  Load  of  Boards  for  y*  Meeting."  II  Mo.  17,  they  settled 
"with  the  Carpenters  that  Built  the  Meeting  house;  it  Came  to  ^^47- 
15-7;^." 


Places  of  Settlement  171 

the  nineteenth  century,  and  now  meetings  are  held 
on  only  one  First-day  each  year. 

A  large  number  of  Irish  Friends  made  their 
way  to  the  Warrington  settlement.  Among  them 
were  Thomas  Wilson,  from  Grange,  near  Charle- 
mont,  about  1748,  a  little  later  removing  to  Fair- 
fax Meeting,  Virginia  ;  Thomas  Blackburn,  from 
Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh,  about  1749;  the 
brothers  George,  John,  and  William  McMillan, 
from  Nantmeal,  Chester  County,  about  1750; 
John  Marsh  and  sons  John,  Joshua,  Jonathan,  and 
W^illiam,  also  from  Nantmeal,  about  same  date  ; 
Peter  Marsh,  brother  of  John,  from  same  place 
about  same  date  ;  William  Nevitt,  a  minister  in 
the  Society,  from  Moate,  County  West  Meath, 
about  1751  ;  William  Hutton,  from  New  Garden, 
Chester  County,  about  1751  ;  Samuel  Hutton, 
from  Exeter,  Berks  County,  about  1753  ;  Nicholas 
Steer,  from  Sadsbury,  about  1759;  John  Boyd 
and  son  William,  from  Sadsbury,  the  former 
about  1765  and  the  latter  about  1754;  James 
Love,  from  Sadsbury,  about  1761;  Francis  and 
Thomas  Wilkinson,  with  their  mother,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Joseph  Wilkinson,  from  Chester  County, 
about  1760;  Francis  Hobson,*  from  Ballyhagen, 
County  Armagh,  about  1 764  ;  Aaron  Coates,  from 
Bradford,  Chester  County,  about  1767;  William 
Pillar,  from  Grange  near  Charlemont,  about  1767, 

•Ancester  of  Richmond  P.  Hobson,  U.  S.  Navy,  hero  of  the  Merrimac 
incident  oflf  Santiago,  in  the  Spanish  War  of  1898. 


172         Immigration  of  tJie  I risJi,  Quakers 


Huntington 
Meeting 


returning  to  Ireland  about  1769  ;  William  Chand- 
lee,  from  Deer  Creek  Meeting,  Maryland,  about 
1773  ;  and  Peter  Milhous,  from  Chester  County. 
About  nine  miles  south-west  of  Warrington,  in 
Latimer,  now  Huntington,  Township,  Adams 
County,  is  Huntington  Meeting  House,  situated 
on  a  wooded  ridge  overlooking  Bermudian  Creek, 
some  two  miles  south-east  of  the  Borough  of 
York  Springs,  formerly  Petersburg.  Unauthor- 
ized meetings  were  held  in  the  neighborhood  as 
early  as  1745,  for  at  Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting, 
9  Mo.  4,  1745,  William  Garretson  was  directed  to 
read  three  papers  of  acknowledgment  "at  Hunt- 
ington Meeting."  These  meetings  evidently 
convened  at  the  house  of  John  Cox,  where  nearly 
all   the  early  marriages'  are  known  to  have  oc- 

*  Minutes  and  Afarriai^f  Book  of  Sadsbury  Alonthly  Meeting. 
The  first  marriage  at  Huntington  was  that  of  Nicholas   Wiennan,  son 
of  William  Wierman,  of   Huntington,   to  Sarah   Cox,   daughter  of  John 
Cox,  of  the  same  place,  8  Mo.  24,  1745.     The  signers  were  : 
Alexander  Underwood     Rebecca  Kenworthy         Nicholas  Wierman 
William  Underwood         Sarah  Cook 

Martha  Garretson 

Naomi  Garretson 

Hannah  Cox 

Ann  Hussey 

Mary  Garretson 

Naomi  Cox 

Rachel  Beals 

Hannah  Wireman 

Pricila  Wireman 

Sarah  J'roclor 

Elizabeth  Brown 

Elizabeth  Fowel 

Jane  Underwood 

Olive  Underwood 

Ruth  Underwood 


Joseph  Cox 
John  Powell 
John  Wireman 
Thomas  Powel 
Jacob  Seals 
Valintine  Isickers 
Benj.  Underwood 
Richard  Underwood 
John  Pope 
William  Wireman 
Joshua  Kenworthy 
John  Beals 
Caleb  Beals 


Sarah  Wierman 
William  Wireman 
Gertruyed  Wireman 
John  Cox 
Thomas  Cox 
William  Cox 
Samuel  Cox 
Ann  Cox 
Joseph  Garretson 
Henry  Wireman 
Benjamin  Cox 


Places  of  Settlement  i73 

curred.     The   Meeting  was   not  regularly  estab- 
lished until  1750/ 

The  Meeting  land,  consisting  of  a  rectangular 
tract  of  five  acres,  called  "  Zion,"  was  conveyed 
to  trustees  of  the  Meeting  by  William  Beals,  by 
deed  of  12  Mo.  9,  1766,  and  was  part  of  50  acres 
granted  to  Beals  by  the  Proprietors'  warrant  of 
June  24,  1763.'  The  present  edifice,  erected  in 
1790,=*  has  recently  been  covered  with  a  slate  roof 
and  otherwise  placed  in  a  good  state  of  preserva- 
tion, but  regular  meetings  have  long  ceased  to  be 

held. 

In  the  early  years  of  the  Huntington  settle- 
ment, few  if  any  Irish  Friends  located  there,  but 
in  the  latter  half  of  the  century  several  families 
made  it  their  home. 

The  first  location  of   Menallen^  Meeting  was  Menaiien 

/-    T  T         •  <.u       Meeting 

about  seven  miles  west  of  Huntmgton,  on  the 
east  side  of  Opossum  Creek,  in  Menaiien,  now 
Butler,  Township,  Adams  County.  6  Mo.  4,  1 746, 
Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting  "  tolerates  the  Friends 

1  Minutes  of  Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting, 

2  Original  deeds  in  custody  of  the  trustees  of  Menaiien  Monthly  Meet- 
ing ;  recorded  in  Patent  Book  N,  34,  p.  403-  Department  of  Internal  Af- 
fairs, Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  in  Deed  Book  KK,  pp.  252,  485.  Recorder's 
Office,  York,  Pa. 

3  At  Warrington  Quarterly  Meeting,  8  Mo.  23,  1790,  report  was  made 
that  a  new  meeting-house  had  been  buHt  "  at   Huntington  in  place  of  an 

old  one." 

•This  name,  doubtless  of  Irish  origin,  is  spelled  in  all  possible  ways  in 
the  old  records  hut  Menaiien  is  the  form  used  at  the  present  day. 


1 74        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


of  Monalin  to  have  Meetings  of  Worship  to  be 
kept  on  First  Day  and  Fifth  Day  until  Further 
Orders."  2  Mo.  i6,  1748,  "friends  of  Minallen 
requsts  to  have  their  meeting  settled,"  and  later 
in  the  year  the  meeting  was  regularly  established.^ 
The  Meeting  land,  consisting  of  20  acres  and  153 
perches,  was  not  granted  until  May  26,  1788.-  It 
is  not  known  when  the  first  edifice  was  built,  but 
Nicholas  Scull's  map  of  the  State  shows  that  one 
had  been  erected  as  early  as  1758.^ 

In  1838,  the  original  site  was  abandoned^ ;  the 

•One  of  the  first  marriages  at  Menallen  was  that  of  Samuel  Pope,  of 
Tyrone  Township,  to  Elizabeth  .Stevenson,  of  Menallen  Township,  7  Mo. 
4,  1 75 1.     The  signers  were  as  follows  : 


Jacob  Hinshaw 
William  Wright 
Richard  Proctor 
Charles  Pidgen 
Daniel  Winter 
Walter  Carson 
Thomas  Hamilton 
Richard  Sadler 
William  Young 
John  Wilson 
Nicholas  Bishon 
Anthony  Blackburn 
Edward  Whitehead 
Micbal  Willson 
John  Shepherd 


Sarah  Underwood 
Mary  Wood 
Elizabeth  McGrew 
Elizabeth  Uicks 
Rebeca  Blackburn 
Elizabeth  Pope 
Richmunday  Shepherd 
Sarah  Ruddock 
Jane  Shepherd 
Sarah  Shepherd 
Eamey  Cox 
Agness  Carson 
Elen  Carson 
J.ine  Young 
precila  Wireman 


Samuel  Pope 
Elizabeth  Pope 
John  Pope 
William  Shepherd 
Alex'.  Underwood 
Jno.  Blackburn 
John  Mickle 
William  Delap 
Finley  McGrew 
Jno.  Wright 
Thomas  Blackburn 
Robert  More 
John  Cox 


Richard  Chesnon 

2  Patent  granted  Feb.  8.  18IJ,  recorded  in  Patent  Book  M,  No.  8,  page 
533.  Department  of  Internal  Affairs,  Marrisburg,  Pa. 

^  Penna  Archives,  3d  Series,  Appendix. 

«  By  indenture  (Deed  Book  S,  page  478,  Recorder's  Office,  Gettysburg, 
Pa.),  dated  April  24,  1852,  the  Friends  leased  3  acres  and  6  perches  of 


Places  of  Settlement  175 

old  log  meeting-house  was  taken  down,  removed 
about  three  miles  to  the  north-west,  and  rebuilt  in  a 
more  convenient  place,*  near  Flora  Dale,  about  one 
mile  south  of  what  is  now  Bendersville.'  In  1884, 
the  old  log  house  gave  way  to  the  present  brick 
building,  erected  to  the  rear  of  the  former  one  on 
a  plot  of  84  perches,  purchased  in  1871.^  The 
Meeting  is  still  well  attended,  and  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Fawn  Meeting,  in  the  south-east  corner  of 
York  County,  is  the  only  surviving  meeting  of 
the  original  York  County. 

In  its  early  years  Menallen  Meeting  was  dis- 
tinctively an  Irish  meeting,  the  majority  of  its 
members  being  from  Ireland.  Among  them  were 
John  Blackburn,*  Judge  of  the  York  County  Court 
in  1764,  County  Treasurer  in  1759  and  1766,^  and 

the  tract  tc  the  Dunkers  or  German  Baptists,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar 
annually  for  a  term  of  fifty  years.  Upon  this  plot  the  Dunkers  erected  a 
wooden  meeting  house  and  laid  out  a  burial  ground.  The  Friends  con- 
tinued to  make  their  interments  in  the  original  graveyard  until  1853,  when 
a  piece  of  land  adjoining  the  new  site  was  purchased  and  another  graveyard 
opened  {Land  Title  Papers,  in  possession  of  Menallen  Meeting). 

'  The  land  for  the  new  location,  consisting  of  I42.4  perches,  was  con- 
veyed to  the  Meeting  by  Nathan  Wright  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  by  deed 
of  May  15,  1839,  for  a  consideration  of  ;Jl7.75  and  with  the  condition  that 
should  it  cease  to  be  used  as  a  place  of  worship  it  should  revert  to  the 
original  tract. — Land  Title  Papers. 

^  History  0/  Adams  County,  226,  31 1. 

'Menallen  Meeting  land  is  now  an  L-shaped  tract  of  I  acre  and  142 
perches. 

*  In  1755.  he  joined  the  forces  sent  to  subdue  the  Indians  and  was 
disowned  by  the  Society. 

5  Gibson's  YorA  County,  304,  494. 


1 76         Ivmiigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

member  of  Assembly.  Daniel  Winter,  William 
Delap.  Joseph  Hewitt  and  son  George,  from  Bally- 
hagen  Meeting,  County  Armagh  ;  John  Wright, 
from  Castleshane,  Count}'  Monaghan  ;  John  Mor- 
ton, from  New  Garden,  Chester  Count)' ;  Thomas 
Nevitt,  from  Sadsbur\'  ;  William  Xewlin,  and 
Moses  Harlan,^  son  of  George,  from  Chester 
Count)' ;  George  Wilson,  Solomon  Shepherd,  and 
Jacob  Hinshaw,  from  Grange  near  Charlemont ; 
Robert  Mickle,  from  Dublin  ;  and  Francis  Hobson, 

J'- 
York  Meeting       The  Friends  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  at 

York,   the  countj'-seat   of  York    Count)',  but   a 

meeting  seems  not  to  have  been  held  there  until 

1754.     Under  date  of  12  Mo.  21st  of  that  year, 

Warrington     Monthly   Meeting    minutes    state : 

"  Our  Friends  in  and  about  York,  living  remote 

from  any  of  our  meetings.   Requests  the  liberty 

of  holding  a  meeting  among  themselves  for  this 

winter  season,  which  this  meeting  has  good  unity 

with."      A  regular  meeting  was    established   in 

1764,  and  on  October  29th  of  the  following  year 

a  lot  of  ground  on  the  north  side  of  Philadelphia 

'  Moses  Harlan  obtained  a  patent  for  855  acres  of  land  on  the  upper 
fork  of  the  Conewago  Creek,  in  Menallen  Township,  Oct.  9,  1745.  He 
and  Margaret,  his  wife,  by  deed  of  July  2f,  1747,  conveyed  to  John 
Blackburn,  258  acres  thereof.  The  will  of  Moses  Harlan,  of  Menallen 
Tow^nship,  was  dated  10  Mo.  10,  1747  and  proven  March  29,  1749.  He 
mentions  bis  son-in-law  John  Blackburn ;  grandson  Jacob  Cox,  son  of 
daughter  Mary  Cox  ;  grandsons  Thomas  and  Moses  Blackburn  ;  and  grand- 
daughter Dinah  Cox 


Places  of  Settlevietit  177 

Street  was  purchased  from  Nathan  Hussey  and 
Edith  his  wife.^  Upon  this  lot  a  brick  meeting- 
house was  erected  in  1766.-  By  will,  dated  i 
Mo.  25.  1773,  Nathan  Hussey  bequeathed  to  the 
Meeting  a  lot  adjoining  on  the  west.  About 
17S6  the  meeting-house  was  enlarged  to  its  pres- 
ent proportions,  an  addition  being  made  to  the 
west  end.  The  Societj^  in  the  city  is  now  almost  ex- 
tinct and  rcijular  meetinos  have  been  discontinued. 

Among  the  most  prominent  of  the  Irish  Friends 
to  settle  in  York  were  the  Loves  and  Kirks. 

We  see,  then,  that  the  Irish  Friends  first  lo-  Expansion  of 
cated  in  the  original  counties  of  Philadelphia  and  ou^erism"^ 
Chester.  Thence,  with  the  expansion  of  the 
Province,  many  of  them  joined  the  southward  and 
westward  migrations  of  Friends,  which  durino-  the 
third  and  fourth  decades  of  the  eighteenth  centurj' 
began  from  the  Quaker  strongholds  of  the  original 
settlements. 

For  three-quarters  of  a   centur)'  one  of  these  Southuard 
streams  of  Quaker  migration  injected  a  new  and 
vigorous  element  into  the  Quakerism  of  the  South.^ 

^  Deed  Book  CC,page  /jj,  Recorder's  065ce,  York. 

*The  following  Friends  subscribed  to  a  paper,  dated  I  Mo.  I,  1766, 
contributing  to  the  building  fund :  Nathan  Hussey,  William  Willis, 
Joseph  Updegraif,  Joseph  Garretson,  William  Matthews,  Harman  Upde- 
graff,  Jesse  Falkner,  James  Lxjve,  John  Collins,  and  Joseph  Collins. 

At  Western  Quarterly  Meeting,  S  Mo.  II,  1767,  report  was  made  that 
"  Friends  in  and  about  York  have  now  built  a  Meeting- House." 

'  For  the  principal  facts  of  the  southward  movement  I  am  indebted  to 
Dr.  Stephen  B.  Weeks'  Southern  Quakers  and  Slavery^  which  is  a  most 
thorough  and  scholarly  treatment  of  the  subject. 
12 


1 78        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

The  movement  reached  the  Monocacy  region  of 
Maryland  about  1725.  Here  it  rested  for  a  time, 
and  then  crossed  the  Potomac  River  and  struck 
Hopewell,  north  of  what  is  now  Winchester,  in 
Frederick  County,  Virginia,  in  1732.^  In  that 
year  a  company  of  Friends  from  Pennsylvania, 
under  the  leadership  of  Alexander  Ross,  an  Irish 
Friend,  settled  on  a  tract  of  100,000  acres  of  land, 
called  Hopewell,  on  Opequan  Creek,  in  the  beau- 
tiful Shenandoah  Valley,  obtaining  a  charter  for  the 
land  from  the  government  of  Virginia.  A  meet- 
ing called  Opequan,  afterward  Hopewell,  was  es- 
tablished two  years  later  ;  and  Hopewell  Monthly 
Meeting,  including  the  meetings  of  Hopewell  and 
Monocacy,  in  1735.^  Among  the  Pennsylvania 
Friends  of  Irish  name  who  made  their  way  to 
Hopewell  we  find  the  Kirks,  Hollingsworths,  Wil- 
sons, Greggs,  Hiatts,  and  Steers. 

About  the  same  time  with  the  founding  of  the 
Hopewell  settlement  a  branch  of  the  same  migra- 
tion moved  from  Maryland  into  Loudon  and  Fair- 
fax Counties,  Virginia  ;  thence  to  the  southern 
counties  of  that  colony ;  and  by  1 743  it  had  gotten 
as  far  as  Carver's  Creek  in  Bladen  County,  North 
Carolina.  During  the  next  twenty  years  Friends 
swarmed  into  the  central  sections  of  the  latter 
state  and  founded  Cane  Creek,  New  Garden,  and 

'    Weeks,  70,  96. 

^Jaunty,  III.,  248;  Minutes  of  Chisler  Quarterly  Meeting ;  sketch  01 
Hopewell  Meeting,  Friends'  Intelligencer,  LI II.,  461-3. 


Places  of  Settlement  179 

a  large  number  of  other  monthly  meetings.  About 
1  760,  the  movement  was  once  more  on  its  way 
southward,  and  by  the  time  of  the  Revolution  had 
spent  itself  in  the  founding  of  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  South  Carolina  and  Georo-ia. 

Among  the  Friends  of  the  Carolinas  we  find  the 
Starrs,  INIcCools,  Steers,  Greggs,  Musgraves, 
Sharps,  Hobsons,  Newlins,  Hadlys,  Harlans,  Hol- 
lingsworths,  Coates',  Dixons,  Stanfields,  Jacksons, 
Johnsons,  Lindleys,  Milhous',  Hiatts,  Hinshaws,^ 
and  many  other  families  of  Irish  name,  formerly 
from  Pennsylvania. 

By  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century  the  south- 
ern Friends  had  taken  such  a  firm  stand  against 
the  institution  of  slavery,  that  they  were  no  longer 
able  to  come  into  economic  competition  with  their 
neighbors  who  utilized  slave  labor.  Their  situa- 
tion was  rendered  still  more  uncomfortable  by  the 
hostile  attitude  assumed  by  these  slave-holding 
neighbors,  and  the  passing  of  the  century  wit- 
nessed a  great  exodus  of  the  Society  to  the  newly 
opened  free  Northwest  Territoi'y.  Thousands  of 
Friends,  including  many  of  Irish  name  originally 
from  Pennsylvania,  left  their  old  homes  to  escape 
the  hated  system,  and  following  several  routes 
through  Virginia  and  Kentucky,  poured  into  the 
new  country'. 

^The  Hinshaws  settled  at  Cane  Creek,  in  North  Carolina,  several  of 
them  coming  directly  from  Clrange  near  Charlemcnt,  Ireland,  and  others 
from  Warrington,  York  County,  Pennsylvania. 


1 80        Iinmigratiofi  of  the  Irish  Qtiakers 

u^estward  The  direct  westward  migration/  as  previously 

narrated,  reached  Sadsbury,  in  Lancaster  County, 
about  1723.  By  1727  it  was  on  the  east  bank  of 
the  Susquehanna,  where  it  halted  for  a  decade  ; 
then  with  the  close  of  the  Cresap  War  it  moved 
in  full  force  upon  York  County.  Here  its  west- 
ward course  was  checked  for  a  time  by  the  great 
barriers  of  the  South  Mountain  and  the  Allegheny 
ranges,  and  by  the  French  occupation  of  the  west- 
ern country,  and  the  movement  was  deflected 
southward  into  Maryland,  Virginia,  and  the  Caro- 
linas  ;  but  with  the  close  of  the  French  and  Indian 
War,  at  the  Peace  of  Paris  in  1763,  the  rich  allu- 
vial lands  of  the  Monongahela  Valley  or  Redstone 
Region  in  Western  Pennsylvania,  which  with  the 
Mississippi  Valley  had  now  come  into  possession 
of  the  English,  were  thrown  open  to  settlement, 
and  once  more  the  tide  of  migration  was  west- 
ward bound. 

From  the  original  York  County  the  migration 
passed  to  points  in  the  Cumberland  Valley,  most 
detachments  moving  through  Shippensburg. 
Here  the  migration  divided.  One  branch,  taking 
the  less  mountainous  and,  for  a  time  at  least,  the 
more  popular  route,  proceeded  down  the  Cum- 
berland Valley  into  Maryland  and  then  followed 
the  devious  course  of  the  valley  of  the  Potomac  to 

■This  sketch  of  the  westward  movement  of  the  Quakers  from  Pennsyl- 
Tania  is  drawn  from  a  mass  of  material,  chiefly  from  the  original  manu- 
script sources,  which  I  have  collected  preparatory  to  a  more  extended 
study  of  the  subject. 


Places  of  Settlement  i8i 

Fort  Cumberland  ;  thence,  advancing  along  the 
line  of  march  of  the  ill-fated  Braddock,  it  crossed 
the  great  ridge  of  the  Alleghenies,  and  passing 
again  into  Pennsylvania  made  its  v^ray  over  Laurel 
Hill  through  Beesontown,'  to  Redstone  Old  Fort, 
later  Brownsville,  on  the  Monongahela,  where  it 
was  diffused  over  the  valley  of  that  river.  The 
other  branch,  crossing  an  almost  continuous  series 
of  mountain  ridges,  advanced  directly  westward 
along  the  old  military  road  from  Shippensburg  by 
way  of  Fort  Littleton  and  Bedford^  to  Redstone, 
where  the  two  branches  were  aeain  united. 

So  far  as  known,  the  first  Friend  to  settle  in  the 
Redstone  region  was  Henry  Beeson,  who  removed 
from  Berkeley  County,  Virginia,  in  i  768,  and  be- 
came the  founder  of  Beesontown,  now  Union- 
town.^  He  was  soon  joined  by  other  Friends 
from  Virginia,  Maryland,  and  a  little  later  by  those 
from  the  eastern  part  of  Pennsylvania  ;^  and  by 
1773,  when  the  ministers  John  Parrish  and  Zebu- 
Ion  Heston,^  on  their  return  from  a  mission  to  the 

'  Now  Uiiiontown,  Fayetle  County. 

^At  Dunnings  Creek,  near  Bedford,  settled  Thomas  Blackburn,  of  Men- 
alien,  ancestor  of  the  numerous  progeny  of  the  name  in  Bedford  County 
(See  History  of  BeJ/ord  Coiin/y,  282).  Benjamin  Walker,  of  Warrington, 
York  County,  notes  in  his  diary,  12  Mo.  5,  1783  :  "  to  Bedford  then  Thos. 
Blackburns  on  Dennings  Creeck  Lodged." 

3  Ellis,  History  0/  -Fayette  County,  279;  Friends^  Intelligencer,  LIV. , 
347,  footnote. 

*  Veech,  The  Monongahela  of  Old,  99. 

'  Heston's  grand-nephew  John  Lacy,  afterward  Brigadier-General  in  the 
Continental  .^rmy,  accompanied  them  and  has  left  some  account  of  the 
journey  in  his  Memoirs.      {Penn  a  Mag.,  XXV.,  I  et  ief.) 


1 82         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Ohio  Indians,  visited  the  region,  several  small 
Quaker  settlements  had  been  made/  In  1776, 
report  was  made  to  Warrington  and  Fairfax 
Quarterly  Meeting  that  about  eighteen  families 
"  have  removed  from  'different  parts  of  this  & 
the  neitrhborino-  Provinces  &  settled  over  the 
Alligahania  Mountains"^;  but  the  War  of  the 
Revolution  having  now  begun  in  earnest  the  work 
of  settlement  was  greatly  retarded. 

In  this  same  year  of  1 7  76,  the  British  commander 
at  Detroit  began  to  incite  the  Indians  to  attack  the 
frontier  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  assaults  of  the 
red  men  upon  VVheeling  and  the  neighborhood  of 
Pittsburgh  in  this  and  the  following  year  caused 
such  alarm  among  the  settlers  that  large  numbers, 
including  some  Friends,  returned  to  their  former 
homes.  Margaret  Cook,  a  minister,  on  her  way 
to  this  county  in  the  spring  of  1778,  mentions  in 
her  Journal  that  she  and  her  companions  "  met 
some  going  back  with  their  fleetings  ^  driving  as  if 
the  Indians  were  just  behind  them,  and  the  road 
was  so  filled  with  pack  horses  that  it  was  difficult 
getting  along." ^  Later  in  this  year  the  Quarterly 
Meeting  was  informed  "  that  many  of  the  Fami- 

•  Journal  of  John  Parrish,  Penn\i  Mag.,  XVI.,  446-8. 
*MS.  copy  of  Minutes,  Library  Hist.  Soc.  of  I'enn'a. 
'Flitlings, — household  effects  in  the  course  of  removal. 

*  I'rietids'  Intelligtncet;  I. IV.,  347.  On  her  return  journey  she  notes 
that,  5  Mo.  20th,  on  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  they  "met  a  company  go- 
ing to  fight  the  Indians." 


Places  of  Settlement  1 83 

lies  of  Friends  settled  there  have  removed  back  to 
the  Meetings  from  whence  they  went  and  they 
were  much  dispersed."' 

After  the  victories  of  George  Rog^ers  Clark  in 
1778-79,  and  the  subjugation  of  the  Indians,  the 
Redstone  settlers  feared  attack  no  longer,  and 
many  of  those  who  had  fled  now  returned  ;  but 
the  remainder  of  the  war  period  was  marked  by 
few  accessions  of  emigrants,  a  census  of  the 
Friends  in  these  sections  in  1780  showing  only 
seventeen  families  or  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
persons.-  The  close  of  active  hostilities,  however, 
witnessed  a  great  inpouring  of  immigrants  along 
the  two  routes.  In  1782,  a  meeting  for  worship 
and  a  preparative  meeting  were  established  at 
Westland,  about  six  miles  west  of  Redstone  Fort. 
By  1785,  the  Quaker  population  had  so  increased 
that  another  meeting  for  worship  was  erected  at 
Redstone,  and  these  two  meetings  were  formed 
into  a  monthly  meeting  called  Westland.  Other 
meetings  soon  followed,  and  in  1 793  a  new  monthly 
meeting-  called  Redstone  was  organized. 

Among  the  Irish  Friends  in  the  van  of  the 
movement,  as  mentioned  by  Parrish  in  h\s  Journal 
of  1773,  were  Joseph  and  Anthony  Blackburn  and 
Simon  and  James  McGrew,  living  between  the  two 
Sewicklys  ;    Solomon  Shepherd  and  his   brother 

^  Minutes, 
2  Ibid. 


1 84        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

John,  located  near  Fort  Ligonier, — all  from  Men- 
alien  ;  and  Barnabas  McNamee  and  Thomas 
Greesf,  near  Redstone  Fort,  the  former  from  Not- 
tingham  and  the  latter  from  Kennett.  Joshua 
Brown,  travelling  in  1787,  speaks  of  Joshua 
Dixon,  of  Fallowfield,  in  what  is  now  Washington 
County';  and  Peter  Yarnall,  who  made  a  visit  in 
1789,  mentions  Alexander  and  Finly  McGrew,  of 
near  the  Sewicklys,  and  Henry  Dixon  on  the  Mo- 
nongahela.^  Other  Quaker  arrivals  of  Irish  name, 
as  shown  by  the  records  of  Westland  and  Red- 
stone Monthly  Meetings,  were  the  Huttons,  Pen- 
nocks,  Hobsons,  Newlins,  McMillans,  Whinerys, 
and  Kirks;  in  fact,  few  Irish  names  were  unrep- 
resented in  this  and  the  later  great  mitjration  to 
the  Middle  West. 

By  the  opening  of  the  nineteenth  century  the 
Friends  became  infected  more  strongly  than  ever 
with  the  prevailing  spirit  of  migration,  and  again 
we  find  them  on  the  westward  march.  A  stream 
of  migration  more  powerful  than  any  of  the  pre- 
ceding, arising  to  considerable  extent  from  new 
sources  in  eastern  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey,  and 
even  New  York,  now  flowed  in  a  steady  current 
through  the  two  well-worn  channels  to  the  gate- 
way of  the  Redstone  region,  where,  gathering  new 

'  MS.  Journal  of  Joshua  Blown,  Friends'  Library.  142  North  Six- 
teenth Street,  Philadelphia. 

*  Journal  of  Peter  Yarnall,  Comly's  Fri-nds'  Aliscellany,  vol.  2,  pages 
252-261. 


Places  of  Settlement  185 

strength,  it  moved  to  the  River  Ohio  and  spread  out 
over  the  broad  and  fertile  plains  of  the  Old  North- 
west. Here,  mingling  with  the  great  stream  of 
Quakers  from  the  South,  it  gave  rise  to  many  new 
meetings,  almost  if  not  equaling  in  number  those 
of  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  and  became  an  important 
factor  in  the  formation  and  development  of  the 
great  commonwealths  of  the  Mississippi  Valley. 


CHAPTER   II. 

SOCIAL    LIFE    OF   THE    IRISH    FRIENDS 


O' 


Introductory  /^~\  F  the  social  Conditions  among  the  Irish 
Friends  in  early  Pennsylvania  some  idea 
will  have  been  formed  from  the  preceding 
chapters,  particularly  from  Robert  Parke's  long 
letter'  ;  now  let  us  consider  this  phase  of  our 
history  more  in  detail,  dwelling  especially  upon 
some  of  the  more  important  sides  of  country  life. 
The  diaries,  wills,  and  inventories  of  the  time, 
and  the  ancient  records  of  Friends,  abound  in 
quaint  and  interesting  items  reflecting  the  man- 
ners and  customs  of  the  period,  and  it  is  these  rich 
stores  chiefly  that  have  been  drawn  upon.  On 
many  points,  however,  authentic  material  was  not 
at  hand,  and  this  in  part  accounts  for  the  some- 
what inadequate  and  fragmentary  character  of 
portions  of  the  chapter. 
Irish  Friends  The  Irish  Friends  were  an  active  and  enlerpris- 
iveii  Adapted  j^g  people,  particularly  well  adapted  for  pioneer 
Li/e  life,  doubtless  more  so  than  the  English  and  Welsh 

Friends  ;  for  the  unsetded  state  of  Ireland  through 
so  long  a  period, — that  of  the  Cromwellian  Settle- 
ment, the  raids  of  the  Rapparees,   the  troubles 

'  Pp-  71-79- 

l86 


vironment 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  187 

between  James  II.  and  William  III.,  and  the  re- 
ligious persecutions  and  other  causes  of  emigra- 
tion— had  inured  them  to  privation  and  hardship 
and  prepared  them  to  contend  with  the  difficulties 
of  the  new  country. 

Although  the  majority  of  these  Friends  were  of  Mostly  of 
English  stock,  yet  those  families  that  had  been  in  tj'uf Modified 
Ireland    for   a  generation  or    more  had  become  by  insit  eh- 
modified  by  their  Irish  environment  and  by  con- 
tact with  their  restless  and  aggressive  Celtic-  and 
Scotch-Irish     neighbors,    developing    habits    and 
characteristics   that  distinguished  them  from   the 
English  Friends  of  the  Province. 

These  characteristics  crop  out  in  the  old  meet- 
ing records,  which  show  that  the  younger  Irish 
Friends  especially  were  impulsive  and  full  of 
spirit,  chafing  under  the  restraint  of  the  strict  and 
repressive  discipline  of  the  Society  as  enforced 
in  those  days  ;  and  it  is  quite  common,  as  we  shall 
see,  to  find  them  "marrying  out  by  y"  priest" 
and  otherwise  breaking  the  rules.  In  this  con- 
nection it  is  also  worthy  of  note  that  in  those 
meetinofs  in  which  the  Irish  element  was  strong- 
there  was  a  tendency  to  be  more  liberal  in  belief 
and  less  string-ent  in  the  administration  of  some 
of  the  rules  of  discipline. 

In  those  neighborhoods  where  the  clan  spirit 
was  strong,  and  where  most  of  the  marriages  oc- 
curred among  their  own   number,  these   Friends 


1 88         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


The  Arrival 


Hospitality 

0/  Old 
Settlers 


Small  Capi- 
tal of  Immi- 
grants 


Household 
Goods 
Brought 
from  Ireland 


Temporary 
Home  near 
Landing 
Place 


The 

Settlement 


preserved  much  of  their  Irish  identity  for  genera- 
tions ;  but  by  the  early  years  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tur}-  they  had  lost  much  of  this  peculiarit)'  and  were 
becoming  rapidly  absorbed  in  the  new  composite 
American  race. 

On  their  first  arrival  from  Ireland,  and  before 
their  own  homes  could  be  provided,  immigrant 
Friends  did  not  want  for  food  and  shelter  ;  in  that 
era  of  simple  kindliness  and  free-hearted  hospi- 
tality the  old  settlers  were  ever  ready  with  open 
door  to  receive  the  newcomers  and  to  assist  and 
counsel  them  in  choosing  a  location.  The  great 
body  of  these  Friends  brought  only  small  capital 
with  them,  but  they  were  young  and  vigorous  and 
the  favorable  opportunities  offered  here  enabled 
the  most  of  them  to  begin  a  fairly  comfortable 
settlement.  Men  with  families  usually  brought 
their  household  goods  with  them,  purchasing  in 
the  Colony,  horses,  cattle,  and  such  other  neces- 
saries that  could  be  bought  to  better  advantage 
on  this  side  of  the  water. 

It  was  customary  for  those  Friends  who  in- 
tended to  establish  themselves  upon  inland  planta- 
tions, first  to  provide  temporary'  homes  for  their 
families  near  the  place  of  landing,  and  then  to  go, 
often  several  in  a  company,  prospecting  for  farm 
land  in  the  interior. 

Ties  of  kin  and  of  friendship  had  an  important 
bearing  on  the  selection  of  lands  ;  those  who  had 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  1 89 

been  kinsmen  or  old  friends  in  Ireland  naturally  selection  0/ 
desired  to  locate  near  each  other  in  Pennsylvania,   ^^'T^,  . . 

'    Arfeclea  by 

and  in  consequence  we  find  such  distinctive  Irish   Ties 0/ Kin 
Quaker    settlements    as    those    of    Newark    and  "pricdskip 
Centre  in  New  Castle  County,  New  Garden  in 
Chester  County,  Sadsbury  in  Lancaster  County, 
and  Menallen  in  the  original  York  County. 

Once  the  land  was  selected  and  steps  taken  to  joumeyto 
secure  the  title  thereto,  usually  by  warrant^  from  ■*  ''' 
the  Proprietary,  haste  was  made  to  remove  the 
families  thither  so  that  the  settlement  might  be 
well  advanced  before  the  winter  season  had 
begun.-  Pack-horses,  almost  the  only  means  of 
transportation,  were  now  made  ready  with  saddles 
and  pillions,  and  the  women  and  children  and  farm 
and  household  effects  were  loaded  upon  them, 
the  men  frequently  travelling  on  foot,  leading  the 
horses  and  driving  the  flocks  and  herds  before 
them.  Thus  equipped  the  little  procession  would 
set  off  through  the  dark  and  lonely  woods,  follow- 

'  The  planter  applied  at  the  land  office  for  the  warrant,  which  was 
issued  by  the  Proprietary,  or  the  Commissioners,  and  addressed  to  the  Re- 
ceiver-General, authorizing  that  official  to  have  a  survey  made  on  terms 
described  in  the  document.  The  warrant  then  passed  to  the  Surveyor- 
General,  who  made  a  copy,  returning  the  original  to  the  warrantee  to  be 
held  as  evidence  of  title  until  the  patent  was  issued.  The  Sur\-ey or- General 
gave  the  copy  of  the  warrant  with  an  order  to  the  Deputy -Surveyor  of  the 
county  in  which  the  land  was  located,  directing  the  suney  to  be  made. 
After  the  Deputy-Surveyor  had  completed  his  measurements,  he  reported  to 
the  office  of  the  Surveyor-General,  who  then  issued  a  patent  to  the  pur- 
chaser of  the  land.  It  usually  happened  that  the  patent  was  not  issued 
until  some  years  after  the  warrant. 

2  In  this  connection  see  Robert  Parke's  letter,  pages  71-79. 


190        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Clearing 

the  Land 


House 
Building 


The  Clap- 
board  House 


ing  the  Indian  trails  and  the  paths  marked  by 
blazed  trees  to  the  new  abode. 

The  site  of  the  dwelling  on  the  plantation  was 
generally  near  a  spring  of  water,  either  on  low 
ground  or  on  the  warm  southern  slope  of  a  hill, 
for  the  sake  of  protection  from  the  bleak  and 
piercing  winds  of  winter.  With  an  energy  and 
enthusiasm  born  of  the  thought  that  they  were  no 
longer  tenants  but  absolute  owners  of  the  soil, 
the  whole  family  now  worked  to  win  a  home  from 
the  unconquered  wilds.  The  trees  fell  quickly 
under  the  sturdy  blows  of  the  woodman's  sharp- 
edged  axe,  and  soon  a  little  clearing  appeared 
amidst  the  encircling  forest.  The  next  concern 
was  the  erection  of  a  house.  This  first  habitation 
was  only  a  rude  cabin  built  of  timber  hewn  and 
sawed  by  hand  from  the  fallen  trees  ;  but  before 
many  years  had  elapsed,  with  the  large  increase 
that  blessed  his  labors,  the  farmer  was  enabled  to 
erect  a  more  comfortable  and  commodious  dwell- 
ing of  brick  or  stone,  often  making  it  an  addition 
to  the  original  house. 

There  were  several  methods  of  constructing  the 
first  wooden  house.  One  of  those  suggested  by 
Pennin  his  Directions  to  Such  Persons  as  are  iuclitied 
to  America,^  issued  about  1682,  was  doubtless 
followed  by  many  of  the  early  settlers.  He  writes  :- 

'  Reprinted  in  J'cttna.  Mag.,  IV.,  329-342  ;  see  also  Oldmixon's  Brit- 
ish /iinpire  in  Aiiieria  (printed  in  1 70S),  reprinted  in  Hazard's  Register 
(Phila,,  1S30),  v.,  177. 

ij>cnna.  Mag.,  IV.,  334-5. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  1 9 1 

To  build  then,  an  House  of  thirty  foot  long  and  eighteen  foot  broad, 
with  a  partition  neer  the  middle,  and  an  other  to  divide  one  end  of  the 
House  into  two  small  Rooms,  there  must  be  eight  Trees  of  about  sixteen 
Inches  square,  and  cut  off,  to  Posts  of  about  fifteen  long,  which  the  House 
must  stand  upon,  and  four  pieces,  two  of  thirty  foot  long,  and  two  o< 
eighteen  foot  long,  for  Plates,  which  must  lie  upon  the  top  of  those 
Posts,  t!ie  whole  length  and  breadth  of  the  House,  for  the  Gists  to  rest 
upon.  There  must  be  ten  Gists  of  twenty  foot  long,  to  bear  the  Loft,  and 
two  false  Plates  of  thirty  foot  long  to  lie  upon  the  ends  of  the  Gists  for  the 
Rafters  to  be  fixed  upon,  twelve  pare  of  Rafters  of  about  twenty  foot,  to 
bear  the  Roof  of  the  House,  with  several  other  small  pieces  ;  as  Wind- 
beams,  Braces,  Studs,  etc.  which  are  made  out  of  the  Waste  Timber. 
For  Covering  the  House,  Ends,  and  Sides,  and  for  the  Ijoft,  we  use  Clab- 
board,  which  is  Rived  feather- edged,  of  five  foot  and  a  half  long,  that 
well  Drawn,  lyes  close  and  smooth  :  The  Lodging  Room  may  be  lined 
with  the  same,  and  filled  up  between,  which  is  very  Warm.  These  homes 
usually  endure  ten  years  without  Repair.  .  .  .  The  lower  flour  is  the  Ground, 
the  upper  Clabboard.  This  may  seem  a  mean  way  of  Building  but  'tis 
sufficient  and  safest  for  ordinary  beginners. 

Dankers  and  Sluyter'  the  Dutch  Labadists,  on 
their  journey  from  New  York  to  the  Delaware,  in 
1679,  met  with  this  form  of  house  at  the  Falls  of 
Delaware,  now  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  and  have  left 
the  following  description : 

Nov.  17th. — Most  of  the  English,  and  many  others,  have  their  houses 
made  of  nothing  but  clapboards,  as  they  call  them  there,  in  this  manner : 
they  first  made  a  wooden  frame,  the  same  as  they  do  in  Westphalia,  and 
at  Altona,  but  most  so  strong  ;  they  then  split  the  boards  of  clapboard, 
50  that  they  are  like  cooper's  pipe  staves,  except  they  are  not  bent.  These 
are  made  very  thin  with  a  large  knife,  so  that  the  thickest  end  is  about  a 
pinck  (little  finger)  thick,  and  the  other  is  made  sharp,  like  the  edge  of  a 
knife.  They  are  about  five  or  six  feet  long,  and  are  nailed  on  the  outside 
of  the  frame,  with  the  ends  lapped  over  each  other.  They  are  not 
usually  laid  so  close  together,  as  to  prevent  you  from  sticking  a  finger  be- 
ween  them,  in  consequence  either  of  their  not  being  well  joined,  or  the 
boards  being  crooked.     When  it  is  cold  and  windy  the  best  people  plaster 

'  Memoirs  sf  the  Low^  Islam/  llistoiical  Society,  L,  172. 


192         Immigration  of  t/ic  Irish  Quakers 

them  with  clay.  Such  are  most  all  the  English  houses  in  the  country,  ex- 
cept those  they  have  which  were  built  by  people  of  other  nations.  Now 
this  house  was  new  and  airy  ;  and  as  the  night  was  very  windy  from  the 
north,  and  extremey  cold. 

This  description  is  confirmed  in  "  An  Account  of  East  Jersey,  in  1684"  : ' 

"  They  build  not  only  of  Wood,  but  also  of  .Stone  and  brick,  yet  most  of 

Country  Houses  are  built  of  Wood  only  Trees  split  and  set  up  on  end  on  the 

ground,  and  coverings  to  their  Houses  are  mostly  Shingles  made  of  Oak, 

Chestnut  and  Cedar  Wood,  which  makes  a  very  neat  covering  :  " 

The  most  common  form  of  the  early  dwell- 
ing, however,  was  the  more  permanent  log 
The  Lng  Cabin,"  built  of  squared  logs,  placed  horizontally 
House  ^j^g  upon  the  other  and  notched  together  at  the 
corners.  The  interstices  between  the  logs  were 
filled  in  or  "chinked"  with  stones  or  wedges  of 
wood,  and  then  plastered  over  with  mortar  or 
clay.  The  roof  was  covered  with  boards  or  oak 
shingles,  either  pinned  by  wooden  pins  or  pegs  or 
held  in  place  by  "weight  timbers."^     Says  Ash- 

'  Hart's  American  I/islory  told  by  Contemporaries,  I.,  569. 

^Dankers  and  Sluyter  {^Memoirs  L.  I.  Hist.  Soc.,  I.,  175)  in  their 
journey  of  1679,  give  an  account  of  the  log  house  of  Jacob  Hendricks,  a 
Swede,  of  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  stating  that  it  was  '^  made  according 
to  the  Swedish  mode,  and  as  they  usually  build  their  houses  here,  which 
are  block  houses,  being  nothing  else  than  entire  trees,  split  through  the 
middle,  or  squared  out  of  the  rough,  and  placed  in  the  form  of  a  square, 
upon  each  other,  as  high  as  they  wish  to  have  the  house  ;  the  ends  of  these 
timbers  are  let  into  each  other,  about  a  foot  from  the  ends,  half  of  one  into 
half  of  the  other.  The  whole  structure  is  thus  made,  without  a  nail  or  a 
spike.  The  ceiling  and  roof  do  not  exhibit  much  finer  work,  except 
among  the  most  careful  people,  who  have  the  ceiling  planked  and  a  glass 
window.  The  doors  are  wide  enough,  but  very  low,  so  that  you  have  to 
stoop  in  entering.  These  houses  are  quite  light  and  warm  ;  but  the  chim- 
ney is  placed  in  a  corner." 

3  Isaac  Weld,  Travels  through  the  States  of  North  America,  in  1795, 
21-22;    Peter   Kalm,  Travels  into  America,   in    1748,  p.    166;   Lodge's 


Social  Lije  of  tlie  Irisli  Friends  193 

mead  :  ^  "Locks  in  ordinary  use  were  unknown  ; 
the  doors  [were  hung-  on  wooden  hinges  or  straps 
of  hide  and]  were  opened  by  strings,  which  on  be- 
ing pulled  from  the  outside  raised  heavy  wooden 
latches  within,  to  which  they  were  made  fast,  and 
intrusion  was  prevented  when  the  inmates  pulled 
the  latch-strings  in  at  the  outer  doors.  From  this 
common  practice  originated  the  ancient  saying 
descriptive  of  generous  hospitality,  '  the  latch- 
string  is  always  out.'  " 

A  stone  chimney  of  immense  size,  capable  of  Equipment  of 
receiving  a  whole  cord  stick  on  the  hearth,  was  ^^^^ 
built  into  one  end  of  the  house.  The  great  fire- 
place was  used  for  cooking  and  heating.  Here 
were  to  be  found  frying-pans,  chafing-dishes,  and  The  Hearth 
spits,  and  suspended  over  the  andirons  by  pot- 
hooks from  an  iron  bar  or  crane,  were  the  pots 
and  kettles,  which  were  so  highly  prized  by  the 
settlers  that  they  were  frequently  bequeathed  by 
will.  George  Harlan,  of  Kennett,  in  his  will  of 
1 714,  devised  to  his  son  Aaron  a  "great  brass 
kettle,"  and  William  Halliday,  of  New  Garden,  in 
1 741,  left  "unto  my  Daughter  Deborah  Lindly 
my  big  pott  that  I  brought  from  Ireland."  We 
may  be  sure  that  his  bequest  was  all  the  more 
highly  regarded  because  it  had  come  over  sea. 

Colonies,  24S  ;   Ashmead's  Delaware   County,  179;  Alice  Morse  Earle's 
Home  Life  in  Colonial  Days  :   Acrelius,  History  A^e70  Sweden  in  Memoirs 
Hist.  Soe.  Penna.,  XI.,  157. 
'  Delaware  County,  179. 

I", 


1 94        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

llalliday  also  gave  to  his  daughter-in-law,  Mabel 
Halliday,  "a  gridle." 

The  great  hearth  fire  was  the  center  of  attrac- 
tion in  the  long  winter  evenings.  Its  dancing 
flames  filled  the  room  with  good  cheer,  throwing 
into  the  shadow  the  bare  and  homely  outlines  and 
lighting  up  with  gentle  touch  the  prominent  fea- 
tures,— the  rude  furniture,  the  floor  bare  save  for 
a  rug  or  two,  the  overhanging  beams,  the  mantel 
bright  with  pewter  and  brass,'  and  the  walls  un- 
adorned excepting  perhaps  for  a  map  or  sampler 
or  a  fowling-piece.  Here  by  the  fireside  the 
household  and  perhaps  a  few  neighbors  would 
assemble  to  enjoy  the  evening  fire  and  to  chat  of 
affairs  of  common  interest  and  to  exchange  the 
marvelous  stories  current  in  those  days  ;  but  no  one 
has  equalled  the  gentleWhittier  in  giving  the  spirit 
of  this  scene  of  domestic  peace  and  contentment : 

Shut  in  from  all  the  world  without, 
We  sat  the  clean- winged  hearth  about. 
Content  to  let  the  north-wind  roar 
In  baffled  rage  at  ])ane  and  door, 
Wliile  the  red  logs  before  us  beat 
The  frost-line  back  with  tropic  heat ; 
And  ever,  when  a  louder  blast 
Shook  beam  and  rafter  as  it  passed, 
The  merrier  up  its  roaring  draught 
The  great  throat  of  the  chimney  laughed  ; 
The  -house-dog  on  its  paws  outspread 
Laid  to  the  fire  his  drowsy  head, 

'  Dublin  Half  Year  Meeting,  in  writing  to  Friends  on  tlie  Delaware,  in 
1681,  advise  them  to  avoid  "  flourishing  needless  Pewter  and  Brass  "  in 
their  kitchens. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  195 

The  cat's  dark  silhouette  on  the  wall 
A  couchant  tiger's  seemed  to  fall  ; 
And,  for  the  winter  fireside  meet, 
Between  the  andirons'  straddling  feet. 
The  mug  of  cider  simmered  slow, 
The  apples  sputtered  in  a  row, 
And,  close  at  hand,  the  basket  stood 
With  nuts  from  brown  October's  wood. 

What  matter  how  the  night  behaved  ? 
What  matter  how  the  north -wind  raved  ? 
Blow  high,  blow  low,  not  all  its  snow 
Could  quench  our  hearth-fire's  ruddy  glow.' 

A  study  of  the  inventories  of  the  estates  of  inventories 
some  of  the  deceased  Irish  Friends  shows  quite 
accurately  the  character  and  extent  of  their  pos- 
sessions, and  enables  us  to   form  a  fairly  clear 
idea  of  the  furnishings  of  the  houses  and  of  the 
stock  and  implements  of  the  farms,  and  to  com- 
pare the  wealth  of  the  settlers  with  that  of  their 
neighbors.^    The  inventory^  of  "all  &  Singular  y'  M» 
Goods    &    Chattels    Rights    &    Credits    of  John  Goods,  1714 
Lowdon  Late  of  New  Garden  in   the   County  of 

'  Sncnu-Bound. 

2  Extracts  from  the  inventory  of  George  Harlan,  of  Kennett,  made  Oct. 
29,  1714  :  wearing  apparrell  £'i\  1  Bed  1  Bolster  2  pillows  &  pillow  Cases  ; 
2  |i  of  Sheets  ;  I  Rug  and  I  blanket ;  I  Bedstead  ;  I  Chest ;  I  Table  ;  I 
Couch  ;  I  old  wanning  pan  ;  two  Chests  ;  6  pieces  of  pewter ;  1  Bress 
Skillet ;  I  frying  pan  ;  3  floats  3  pails  I  Churn  I  wooden  bottle  ;  I  Gun  ; 
2  Cows  I  black  i  Red  ;  I  Stone  horse  ;  I  Dark  brown  meare  Called  Midge 
&  this  years  horse  Colt ;  I  Black  Ridgelin  (?)  ;  I  Dark  Brown  mare  with 
a  bay  yearling  ;  saws,  augers,  planes,  axes,  etc  ;  one  old  Bed  tick  and 
Bolster  ;  one  Bay  mare  about  15  years  old  in  the  woods  ;  one  Brown  Bay 
Horse  Colt  about  I  year  old  ;  I  bay  horse  one  bay  mare  ;  one  Sorril  Colt ; 
I  Grey  Mare  and  Colt  [Total  value  of  estate  £,  270.  8.  2.] 

'Made  3  Mo.  10,  1714,  by  James  Starr  and  Michael  Lightfoot. — Papers 
No.  3,  Register's  Offict;  West  Oi ester.  Pa. 


196        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Chester,  weaver,"  made  in  17 14,  after  Lowden 
had  been  in  this  country  about  three  years,  indi- 
cates how  bare  and  meagre  were  some  of  these 
homes  : 

One  Cow  and  Calf ;  a  horse  ;  wheat  6  acres ;  a  ffealher  Bedd  and 
Bedding;  a  fflock  Bedd  and  Bedding;  Course  Sheets;  Table  Linnen 
Wareing  Apparell  ;  I.innings  ;  2  Saddles  and  a  pair  of  Boots  ;  Iron  Tools  ; 
Gunn  and  Gunn  Barrell ;  Small  irons ;  Twoo  potts  ;  Pewter  &  two  Brass 
Candlesticks  ;  two  Chests  ;  An  Old  Box ;  Some  Wooden  Vessels  ;  A 
Spade  ;  Three  Hundred  Acres  of  Land.  [Total  value  of  estate  £,  205- 
2-0]. 

The  absence  of  the  items  of  furniture  such 
as  chairs,  tables,  and  bedsteads,  from  this  and 
other  inventories  of  the  time,  seems  due  to  the 
fact  that  much  of  tlie  furniture  was  of  such  crude 
construction,  that  it  was  not  considered  worthy  of 
inclusion  in  the  list.  John  Miller,  yeoman  and 
miller,  one  of  the  largest  land  owners  of  the 
New  Garden  settlement,  died  in  the  same  year  as 

John  Miller's  Lowdou,  but  seems  to  have  been  more  well-to-do. 

Inventory       j-jjg  househood  goods  WCfC  :  ^ 

Three  Ruggs  ;  two  pare  of  Sheets  ;  fourteen  yards  of  Cloath  ;  two  pil- 
lows ;  two  bed  ticks  ;  three  bedd  steds  ;  twelve  napkins  &  two  table 
Cloaths ;  twelve  felt  hats ;  one  Chist ;  I  beef  barrcU  ;  I  brewing  Ceivc  ; 
one  washing  tub  &  a  half  bushell  ;  two  dozen  of  trenshers  fourteen  nog- 
gens  and  three  platters  ;  one  Couch  &  two  t.ibles  ;  three  putcr  dishes  ; 
twelve  plates  ;  one  tankard  a  Saltseler  &  a  mustard  cup  ;  two  brass  and 
one  Iron  Candlestick ;  one  beef  barrell  ;   A  Copper  kettle  &   three  Iron 

'Inventory  made  "  y»  12'''  of  y  i' i'""  17111  "by  Simon  Hadly, 
Thomas  Garnett,  Michael  Lightfoot,  and  James  Starr. — Papers  No.  9, 
Register's  Office,  West  Cliesler,  Pa. 


Social  Lrfc  of  titc  Irish  Friends  197 

potts;  an  old  Gunn  barrel!  &  a  spitt ;  nine  Sickles';  a  spade  &  two 
Shovles  ;  Seven  bars  of  Lead  ;  Some  barr  Iron  ;  two  Crooks  &  two  Smooth- 
ing Irons  ;   four  old  bells. 

From  the  articles  of  this  list  we  can  well  picture  a  Neu< 
to  ourselves  the  appointments  of  a  New  Garden  /j/,i,"'- 
dinner  table  in  1 7 1 4.  The  rough  home-made  ^«*'^.  ^7^4 
board  with  its  supporting  trestles  was  covered  with 
snowy  cloth — board-cloth — and  napkins  of  linen, 
spun,  woven,  and  bleached  by  the  good  house- 
wife, doubtless,  in  her  old  home  in  Ireland.  The 
dishes  were  mostly  of  wood  with  some  few  pieces 
of  pewter,  always  kept  bright  and  shining.  The 
center-piece  was  the  salt-cellar,  which  in  many 
colonial  homes  divided  the  guests,  seated  "above 
the  salt,"  from  those  of  lesser  note,  placed  "below 
the  salt."  Large  shallow  pewter  platters  were 
heaped  high  with  meats  and  vegetables.  Wooden 
trenchers  served  as  plates,  and  wooden  noggins  as 
drinking  cups ;  and  mustard  cup,  wooden  tank- 
ards for  water  or  liquor,  and  pewter  porringers 
likewise  graced  the  board.  There  were  no  cov- 
ered dishes,  saucers,  glass  or  china,  although 
earthenware  was  to  be    found  on    some  tables. 

1  From  evidence  of  old  diaries  the  sickle  seems  to  have  been  used  in 
Chester  County  up  to  the  Revolution,  and  then  the  grain-cradle  was  intro- 
duced. Richard  Barnard,  of  East  Marlborough,  on  a  visit  to  Deer  Creek, 
Harford  County,  Md.,  notes  in  his  manuscript  diary,  6  Mo.  4,  1775,  that 
he  "  observed  a  Creadle  to  Cradle  wheat,"  and  on  7  Mo.  loth  we  find  him 
engaged  "  about  Cradle  to  Cradle  wheat."  On  the  24th  of  the  same  month 
Samuel  Hunt  (see  Fuihey  and  Cope,  338),  of  East  Cain,  records  that 
"  Leathe  Ingram  began  to  Cradle  Oats  at  Is.  6  d.  pr  acre  &  I  Pint  of  Rum 
a  Day." 


198        hnmigraiion  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Knives  were  used,  but  forks  did  not  come  into 
general  use  until  later,  so  that  the  hands  had  to  be 
constantly  employed  for  holding  the  food,  and  on 
that  account  napkins  were  a  necessity.^ 
Outfit  oj  From  other  items  enumerated  in    Miller's  in- 

ventory,  we  may  judge  ot  his  general  equipment 
for  farming : 

Six  Cows  &  two  Calves ;  two  yoak  of  oxen ;  one  Bull ;  a  two-year 
old  hefer  2  year  old  bulocks  &  I  hefer;  twenty  Sheep  &  Eight  Lambs; 
three  Horses  a  mare  &  Coult ;  whate  in  y*  bam  ;  a  field  of  y*  wheat  & 
barly ;  one  Stack  of  oats  ;'flower  &  wheate  in  y*  mill  ;  the  mill  and  Bolt- 
ing mills  and  four  hundred  ackers  of  Land  ;  three  hundred  ackers  of  Land 
near  y*  Meeting  hous ;  The  Housing  &  plantation  Containing  three  hun- 
dred ackers  ;  Joyners  Small  tools  ;  oagers  &  hand  Saws  ;  two  old  whip 
Saws  &  a  Cross  Cut  Saw  ;  one  Cart  &  gears  belonging  to  it ;  two  plows  & 
three  I  rons  ;  three  pitching  &  three  Grubing  axes  ;  two  old  Squaring  axes 
&  two  hand  'axes  ;  one  grinding  Stone ;  an  old  Mare  &  Colt.  [Total 
value  of  estate  over  ;^938.  ] 

John  Fred's       The  inventory"  of  John  Fred,  cooper,  of  Bir- 
inventory,    mingham,  Chester  County,  an  arrival  from  County 
Carlowin  1713,  was  made  2  Mo.  21,  1720,  and  is 
of  particular  interest  as  showing  the  arrangement 
of  the  furniture  in  the  various  rooms  of  the  house. 

To  Cash  £?• ;  To  Wearing  Apperall  £t;^.  lo  s.  & 

Tht  Lower  Room :  bed  and  furniture ;  Chairs  Table  &  Chests ; 
Books  ;  a  warming  pan. 

The  first  Room  above  Stairs  :  A  bed  and  furniture ;  another  bed  & 
beden  ;  a  dressing  table  &  desk. 

The  Second  Room  above :  bed  &  furniture ;  a  Desk  Chest  &  other 
things. 

'  See  Alice  Morse  Earle's  charming  book,  Home  Life  in  Colonial  Days, 
76-107. 

*  Made  by  William  Brinton  and  William  Home.  Papers  86,  Office  oj 
Register  of  Wills,  West  Chester,  Pa. 


1720 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  1 99 

The  Kitchen  :  Pewter  and  brass  ;  Tongs  &  fire  Shovel ;  pans  potts  & 
pott  hooks  &  Rakens ;  box  and  heaters  ;  Earthen  weT  &  Lumber. 

The  Seller  :     Several  things  &  vessels. 

pother  Articles']  :  Sheets  and  pillow  Cases  ;  Table  Cloaths  and  Nap- 
kins ;  a  San'ant  Man  and  Maide,  ^21  ;  a  Sadie ;  Cart  and  gears  &  plow 
and  Tacklen  ;  falling  axes  &  grubing  axes  ;  Wlieat  in  house  &  Mill ; 
green  wheat ;  two  hores  &  Maire  and  Coult ;  five  oxen  ;  two  Cows  ;  three 
heifers  cS:  three  yearlings  ;  a  grinding  Stone  buckett  &  Chaine  harrow  teeth 
and  Crow  Iron ;  the  plantation  &  Land  Containing  I46  acres,  ^600. 
[Total  value,  £%26,  16  s.] 

The  warming-pan,  which  in  this  inventor)-  was   The 
valued  at  12s.,  was  used  to  make  the  bed  com-  'f'^">""s- 

pan 

fortable  on  a  cold  night ;  the  pan  was  filled  with 
hot  coals,  and,  held  by  its  long  wooden  handle, 
was  thrust  into  the  bed  and  rapidly  moved  back 
and  forth  to  keep  from  scorching  the  linen  sheets. 

In  the  item  "  Sarvant  Man  and  Maide,"  men-  Redemp- 
tioned  in  the  will  as  John  Kitchien  and  Mar- 
garet Mathews),  we  have  further  evidence  of  the 
system  of  redemptioners  or  indented  servants  that 
played  such  an  important  part  in  the  economic 
history  of  the    colony.^     Evidently  by  this   time 

'  Some  wills  and  other  inventories  of  Irish  Quakers  mentioning  indented 
servants  were  those  of  Joseph  Coeboum,  of  Aston  Township,  now  Dela- 
ware County,  1723,  "  A  Woman  Sarv'  3  years  ;^8  "  and  "  A  nagro  man 
called  Tobitt  ;^30,"  the  latter  no  doubt  held  as  a  slave  ;  Thomas  Jackson, 
of  Marlborough,  Chester  County,  1727,  "my  two  Sarvants  Samuel 
Hughes  and  Elizabeth  Driskle  [/15],"  Joseph  Kelly  [/lo],  and  Wil- 
liam Kean,  20 £"  ;  Ann  Marshill,  of  New  Garden,  "late  from  Ireland," 
1729,  "a  Sarvant  Man  w''  She  Sould  to  ^ffra  :  Hobson,"  £9:,  and  "ye 
halfe  of  y"  time  of  a  sarvant  girl,"  £i,\  James  Miller,  of  New  Garden, 
1732,  "  a  Sarvan  man,"  \2£  ;  Joseph  Hutton,  of  New  Garden,  1735,  "  2 
Servant  Women,"  £\f,  ;  Neal  Moony,  of  London  Grove,  1751,  "a  Boy," 
£\o;  William  Pirn,  of  East  Cain,  Chester,  County,  1751,  "  a  Servant 
Lads  time,  £<)." 


lioners 


200        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

carts  had  come  into  use  on  the  farm.     The  dress- 
ing table  is  rather  an  unexpected  luxury. 

There  is  much  of  similarity  in  all  these  lists,  but 
I  shall  give  yet  another  including  a  number  of 
articles  not  enumerated  in  the  preceding  lists. 
James  Lind-  It  is  the  inventory  ^  of  James  Lindley,  smith,  of 
ley's  Estate,  London  Grove,  Chester  County,  who  had  the 
most  considerable  estate  of  any  of  those  men- 
tioned : 

I'urs  and  apparel!  ^22.  12s  ;  7  Heds  and  I'urniture  thereto  belonging  ; 
I  Chest  of  iJrawers  2  Chests  2  Boxes  and  I  Looking  glass  ;  4  Table 
Cloaths  13  Sheets  and  1  Warming  pan  ;  2  Pieces  of  Stufl  and  I  Sett  of 
New  Curtains ;  fflax,  I  hackle,  Chains,  Salt  box,  Iron  pots  &  Candle 
sticks ;  2  mens  Saddles  2  weomans  Sadies  I  Pillion  &  2  Bridles ;  Wool 
Cards,  Sole  Leather,  Pewter,  Brass  Tin,  &  wooden  ware  ;  to  Baggs, 
Mault,  Indian  Com,  Salt,  Wheels,  &  a  half  Bushel! ;  Irons  in  the 
Kitchen,  Coopers  ware  &  Earthen  ware  &c  ;  Dressed  Skin,  Books  Iron, 
Steel  2  whip  saws  &  I  Cross  ;  Carpenters  Tools,  Pincers,  Hows,  Plows, 
Harrows  &  Ox  Chains  ;  Grinding  Stones,  Coles,  Bells,  Shovells,  and  forks 
&c  ;  A  Cart  with  the  Geers  and  Chains,  hooks,  and  hors  .Slioes;  Oak 
Boards,  Scantling,  3  Guns  &  Bullet  Moulds  ;  Grubing  Axes,  Well  Chain, 
Wolf  Trap,  falling  axes  &c ;  Sickles,  Sythes  and  Doe  Trough  ;  Com  in 
the  Bam,  and  Corn  in  the  Mill ;  Com  in  the  Ground,  and  Hay  in  the 
Meadow  ;  i6  horses.  Mares  and  Colts  ;  27  Cows,  Oxen  and  Young  Cattle  ; 
10  Sheep  and  Swine ;  Smiths  Tools  in  the  Shop ;  one  Ser\ant  Man  ;  5 
Bonds  and  one  Bill ;  Book  Debts  ;  Plantation  and  Improvements.  [Total 
value  i^ni5.9s.8d.] 

The  bells  mentioned,  no  doubt,  were  those  at- 
tached to  cattle  and  sheep  in  order  to  trace  the 
animals  in  their  wanderings  through  the  woods. 
This  is  the  only  reference  to  a  "  Looking  glass" 
that  I  have  noted  in  the  inventories.     The  best 

'Made  10  Mo.  23,  1726. — Papers  Ko.  22g,  Register's  OJjfice,  ll'est 
Chester,  Pa. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friefids  201 

beds  were  filled  widi  feathers,  but  many  persons 
of  the  poorer  sort  had  to  be  satisfied  with  ticks 
filled  with  chaff  William  Pim,  of  East  Cain,  in 
1 75 1,  had  a  "  Beadstead,  Curtains  and  Rods." 

The  tall  "Grandfather"  clock  was  seldom  met  ne^crand- 
with  in  the  early  years,  but  later  it  was  not  un-  ^''""""^'°''' 
common  to  find  it  in  the  homes  of  the  prosperous 
farmers.  In  1723,  Joseph  Coeburn's  "Clock  & 
Case"  was  appraised  at  ^10,  and  in  1728,  Thomas 
Jackson,  of  Marlborough,  Chester  County,  had  a 
clock  and  case  valued  at  £\2,  and  also  a  watch. 

The  manner  of  purchasing  one  of  these  clocks,   George 
shown  in  the  manuscript  account  book  of  George  ^^1'"""^ 
McMillan  (a  native  of  County  Antrim,  Ireland),  of 
Warrington, 

York  County,         <7jO/yr^ ^;^^^ 
IS  an  mterest-       f        ^^  ^ 

ing  example  of 

the  system  of  barter  common  in  new  coun- 
tries where  money  is  scarce.  In  i  Mo.,  1774, 
we  find  this  Friend  buying  a  clock  case  from 
Thomas  Kirk,  an  Irish  Friend,  of  York  ;  he  notes 
on  the  credit  side  of  the  account  under  that  date : 

£.     s.      d. 
Thomas  Kirk  Credit  by  one  Clock  Case  and  Lock 2     II     o 

and  on  the  debit  side  at  another  date  : 

I.   ..    d. 

Thomas  Kirk,  Upon  Balance o  3  o 

dit  by  3  yards  of  Thick  Cloath I  5  o 

AIlso  by  2  bushels  of  Indin  com o  6  o 

dito  by  wooU o  I  o 

By  Cash o  16  o 


202         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

This  case  McIMillan  took  to  Rudolph  Spangler, 
clockmaker  and  silversmith,  of  York,  later  a  cap- 
tain in  the  "  Flying  Camp "  of  the  Revolution, 
and  had  it  fitted  with  clock  works.  He  then  re- 
cords in  his  credit  column  : 

/.   >.  d. 

Rudy  Spangler  Credit  by  one  Clock  Set  agoing  at  12  oclock 

31"  of  3''  month  1774 12 

and  a  little  later  in  the  same  year  in  the  debit 
column  : 

c    s.     d. 
Rudolph  Spangler  Dr  by  18  bushels  of  Inden  Com 2     14     o 

and  I  b  of  dry  apels  &  I  of  beans o  8  o 

Dito  By  2200  and  55  Shingels S  I  5 

Dito  by  1800  Shingles 4  I  O 

12  4  5 

This  ancient  clock,'  measuring  about  seven  feet 
in  height  and  bearing  on  its  face  the  inscription, 
"  Rudy  Spangler,  York-town,"  is  preserved  as  a 
precious  heirloom  in  the  McMillan  family^  and  is 
still  an  excellent  timekeeper. 
Dress  The  dress  of  the  Friends  in  the  early  years  of 
Pennsylvania  differed  but  little  from  that  of  the 
other  settlers  of  the  same  class.  It  was  not  until 
the  close  of  the  first  quarter  of  the  eighteenth 
century  that  F"riends  began  to  make  an  effecti\e 
protest  against  extravagance  in  apparel  and  to 
adopt  a  more  formal  costume'-  of  "home-spun 

'  It  is  now  in  possession  of  Smith  Bell  McMillan,  of  Signal,  Ohio,  a 
descendant  of  the  original  owner. 

2  .\t  Falls  Monthly  Meeting,  Bucks  County,  in  1 701  one  of  the  mem- 
bers being  reported  "  very  poor  and  in  necessity  "  a  committee  was  ordered 
"  to  get  [for  him]  a  good  pair  of  leather  bricbes  and  a  good  warm  coat 
and  waist  coat,  one  pair  of  stockings  and  shoes." 


Grace  Church  Street  Friends    Meeting,  London,  about  1750 


Burlington  Meeting  House.  New  Jersey    1683-1787 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  203 

drab  and  gray."  The  clothing  of  the  planters 
was  generally  simple  and  substantial,  coarse  cloth 
and  deerskin  being  used  for  that  of  the  men,  and 
linsey  and  worsted  for  that  of  the  women.  The 
costume  of  a  man  consisted  of  leather  breeches, 
loner  collarless  coat  reachinof  to  the  knees,  waist- 
coat,  neck  cloth,  woolen  yarn  stockings,  low  buckle 
shoes,  and  a  flat  felt  or  beaver  hat.  Often  in 
summer,  breeches  made  of  a  coarse  linen  called 
osenbrig  were  worn.  Robert  Parke,  in  his  letter 
of  1725,  writes : 

In  Summer  time  they  wear  nothing  but  a  Shirt  &  Linnen  Trousers, 
which  are  breeches  and  stockings  all  in  one  made  of  Linnen,  they  are  fine 
Cool  wear  in  Summer. 

Wigs  were  worn  by  many  Friends  Penn  at- 
tended carefully  to  his  wigs,  and  purchased  several 
during  his  short  stay  here.  In  a  letter  from  Lon- 
don in  1702,  he  writes  to  Logan  :  "  Did  not  a  fine 
new  wig  come  to  thy  hands  for  me  ?  It  cost  me 
fifty  shillings  sterling."^  In  17 19,  Jonathan 
Dickinson,  a  Friend,  in  writing  to  London  for  his 
clothes,  says:  "I  want  for  myself  and  my  three 
sons,  each  a  wig,  light  good  bobs."  ^  The  Friends 
to  a  larore  extent  had  laid  aside  their  "Wip^grs" 
some  time  before  the  middle  of  the  century,  but 
the  fashion  was  kept  up  in  general  society  until 
1755  ;    then,  with  the  return  of  Braddock's   de- 

'  Penn  and  Logan  Correspondence,  I.,  114,  Menioirs  of  the  Hist.  Sac. 
of  Pa. 

^Bolles,  11.,  320-1 


204        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

feated  army,  who  had  lost  their  wigs  in  flight,  the 
custom  was  abandoned. 

Some  of  the  wealthy  Friends  of  Philadelphia 
had  large  and  costly  wardrobes  for  that  time,  as, 
for  example,  that  of  Robert  Turner,  one  of  the 
richest  of  the  settlers,  enumerated  m  his  inven- 
tory,' made  after  his  death,  in  1 700  : 

upper  Room  above  Stairs :  2  pairs  of  hair  Plush  Breeches  lined  w"* 
lether,  /j.  los  j  l  Jacket  &  one  Dublett  Ditto  /s.  los  ;  I  '^'  of  Old  Black 
Lether  Breeches  £l  ;  2  ^  of  Leather  Summer  Breeches  £l  ;  I  ^r  of 
Shagg  Breeches  los  ;  I  Course  Broad  Cloth  Coat  new,  £2.  los  ;  I  old 
Shagg  Coat  153  ;  I  Old  Grey  Coat,  los  ;  I  Old  Cloth  Searge  Coat  Turned, 
15s;  I  Old  Jackett,  los  ;  2  Wusted  fTustian  Jacketts  £1.4^',  l  lining 
frock,  6s;  I  do.  new,  los;  2  white  swan  skin  wast  coats,  £1.45;  2  I'air 
loosed  Stockings  ;  3  P'  yarn  ditto  8s ;  2  ^'  of  Stirrup  Stockings  &  I  ^' 
of  Socks,  4s ;  I  leather  Belt,  3s ;  2  Old  Caster  hatts,  8s  ;  I  ^'  of  New 
Shoos  cS:  one  l)°  old,  los ;  I  gray  Jackett  &  and  a  Neck  Hood,  6s  ;  I  fus- 
tian Wastcoat,  los  ;  5  P'  of  Sturrup  Stockings,  lis.  8d  ;  9  Shirts  at  los., 
£4.  los  ;  7  handkerchiefs,  los.  4d  ;  5  Neck  Cloths  &  8  Night  Capps,  13s ; 
2  Very  old  Jacketts  two  Old  Coats  three  pair  of  Breeches  &  three  ^'  old 
Stockings,  los  ;  I  light  Coulered  Broad  Cloth  Coat  not  new,  £2.  Ss  ;  2  new 
Caster-  hatts. 

In  1726,  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting  took  a 
decided  position  on  the  subject  of  plainness  of 
apparel,  the  women  in  particular  being  advised  to 
greater  simplicity  in  such  matters  as  follows  : 

"That  immodest  fashion  of  hooped  petticoats,  or  the  immitation  of 
them,  either  by  something  put  into  their  petticoats  to  make  them  set  full 

'  Ofice  of  Registtr  of  Wilts,  Philadilphia. 

'  The  caster  hat,  at  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  and  beginning  of  the 
eighteenth  century  was  distinguished  from  the  "beaver"  and  was  said  to 
be  of  rabbit's  fur.  In  168S,  "Of  Hats  .  .  .  the  Caster  is  made  of  Coney 
Wooll  mixt  with  Polony  Wooll." — R.  Holme  m  Armory,  HI.,  129  (cited 
in  Murray's  Oxford  Dictionary). 


Social  Life  of  tiie  Irish  Friends  205 

or  wearing  more  than  is  necessar)',  or  any  imitation  whatsoever,  which  we 
take  to  be  but  a  brancli  springing  from  the  same  corrupt  root  of  pride. 
And  also  that  none  of  our  friends  accustom  themselves  to  wear  gowns  with 
superfluous  folds  behind  but  plain  and  decent ;  nor  without  aprons  ;'  nor  to 
wear  superfluous  gathers  or  plaits  in  their  caps  or  pinners ;  nor  to  wear 
their  heads  dressed  high  behind  ;  neither  to  cut  or  lay  their  hair  on  their 
foreheads  or  temples. 

And  that  ffriends  be  careful  to  avoid  striped  shoes,  or  red  or  white 
heeled  shoes  or  clogs  ;  or  shoes  trinmed  with  gaudy  colors. 

Likewise  that  all  ffriends  be  careful  to  avoid  all  superfluity  of  ffumiture 
in  their  houses,  and  as  much  as  may  be  to  refrain  using  gaudy  flowers  or 
striped  calicoes  and  stufls. 

And  .also  that  no  ffriends  use  that  irreverant  practice  of  taking  snuff,  or 
hand  snuft-boxes  one  to  the  other  in  meetings. 

Also  that  ffriends  avoid  the  unnecessary  use  of  fans  in  meetings,  lest  it 
divert  the  mind  from  more  inward  and  spiritual  e.xercise  which  all  ought  to 
be  concerned  in. 

And  also  that  ffriends  do  not  accustom  themselves  to  go  with  breasts  or 
bare  necks.  ^ 

Thehighdegree  of  interdependence  and  division  workon 
of  labor  that  characterizes  ourmodern  life  was  quite  f^^P""^ 
unknown  in  these  early  days.  At  that  time  every 
farm  house  was  a  little  factory  and  every  farmer 
an  adept  in  many  branches  of  labor,  and  independ- 
ent to  a  considerable  extent  of  the  outside  world. 
In  summer  the  farmer  and  his  sons  were  busily 
engaged  in  clearing  and  planting  the  land  ;  in 
winter,  if  the  weather  were  too  severe  for  outside 
work,  they  applied  themselves  to  indoor  labors, 
making  shoes  for  the  family,  beating  out  imple- 
ments of  iron  or  constructincr  household  furniture 
and  utensils. 

'  It  was  the  custom  of  the  women  to  wear  green  aprons. 
2Scharfe  and  Wescott,  History  of  Philadelphi ■ ,  II.,  86l 


2o6         Immigration  of  the  IrisJi  Quakers 

The  wife  and  daughters  were  even  more  fully 
occupied  than  the  men.  They  not  only  attended 
to  a  score  or  more  of  domestic  duties — cookinof, 
washing,  dairying,  candle-making,  soap-making, 
spinning,  knitting,  and  weeding  the  garden — 
but  also  frequently  assisted  the  men  in  the  work 
of  the  field  ;  and  in  truth  they  might  say  with  the 

old  adage,  Man  works  from  sun  to  sun, 

But  woman's  work  is  never  done. 

The  women  devoted  much  time  to  the  home- 
spun industries,  picking,  carding,  and  spinning 
wool,  and  swingling,  hatcheling  and  spinning  llax  ; 
and  from  their  own  homespun  they  manufactured 
the  clothing  of  the  family.  The  large  stores  of 
linen  that  were  produced  by  this  industr)'  were 
folded  away  with  lavender  in  wooden  chests,  and 
were  a  source  of  much  pride  to  the  colonial  house- 
wife. Beautiful  specimens  of  the  linen  made  by 
the  Irish  Friends  are  still  treasured  as  heirlooms  in 
the  families  of  descendants,  and  attest  that  the  an- 
cient skill  in  the  handicraft  for  which  Ireland  is 
famous  was  not  forgotten  in  the  foster  land. 
Markets  The  produce  of  the  farm  was  carried  to  Phila- 
delphia, Chester,  and  New  Castle,  on  horseback, 
and  sold  or  exchanged  for  articles  to  be  found 
at  shops,  fairs,  and  markets.  Parke  writes,  in 
1725:  "There  is  2  fairs  yearly  &  2  markets 
weekly  in  I'iiiladclphia  also  2  fairs  yearly  in 
Chester  &  Likewise  in  New  Castle,  but  they  Sell 


and  Fairs 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  207 

no  Cattle  nor  horses  no  Living  Creatures  but  al- 
together Merchants  Goods,  as  hatts,  Linen  & 
woolen  Cloth,  handkerchiefs,  knives,  Scizars,  tapes 
&  treds,  buckels,  Ribonds  &  all  Sorts  of  neces- 
sarys  fit  for  our  wooden  Country."  He  humor- 
ously adds  :  "  &  here  all  young  men  and  women 
that  wants  wives  or  husbands  may  be  Supplyed. 
Lett  this  suffice  for  our  fairs." 

The  early  settlers  were  much  annoyed  by  cer-  wna  Animals 
tain  of  the  wild  animals  that  preyed  on  their  flocks 
and  herds.  Fo.xes  and  wolves  were  the  most 
persistently  destructive,  but  black  bears  also  fre- 
quently stole  into  the  farm  yard  and  carried  off 
fine  porkers.  In  1721,  a  bear  was  killed  near 
Darby,  now  Delaware  County,  and  yet  ten  or 
fifteen  years  later,  when  Nathaniel  Newlin  (son  of 
Nathaniel),  of  Concord,  married  Esther  Midkiff,  of 
Darby,  her  parents  were  inclined  to  make  objec- 
tions because  Newlin  lived  in  the  backwoods  of 
Concord  where  bears  abounded.  Mrs.  Deborah 
Logan  relates  that  one  night  in  1740-41,  one  of 
these  animals  was  seen  at  the  old  Loran  home  in 

o 

Chester.^  The  family  of  Alphonsus  Kirk,  the 
early  Irish  Quaker  settler,  of  New  Castle  County, 
had  a  thrilling  experience  with  a  bear.  A  grand- 
daughter of  Alphonsus  Kirk,  Rachael  Price,  a  min- 
ister of  Birmingham  Meeting,  Chester  County, 
tells  the  story  in  her  Recollections .-"^ 

'  Ashmead,  History  of  Delaware  County,  212. 

2  The  i^;7>«a'  (Philadelphia)  for  18S5,  Vol.  LVIII.,  315. 


2o8         hmnigration  of  i/ic  IrisJi  Quakers 

A  Bear  Story  My  father,  William   Kirk  (son  of  Alpbonsus  and  Abigail   Kirk)  was 

born  1st  mo.,  1708.  He  and  his  youngest  brother  Timothy,  had  many  ad- 
ventures together  when  they  were  young ;  they  used  frequently  to  meet 
and  talk  these  over,  which  was  very  entertaining  to  us  children.  One  oc- 
currence, however,  which  took  place  in  their  childhood,  and  which  I  heard 
my  father  relate,  struck  my  infant  mind  with  horror  and  dismay.  It  so 
happened  that  my  grandmother  was  left  at  home  with  only  these  two  little 
boys  when  a  large  bear  came  up  near  the  door  before  she  saw  it.  It  was 
a  double  door,  and  she  had  only  time  to  shut  the  lower  part  before  he  had 
his  feet  upon  it,  and  she  could  not  get  the  upper  door  shut  quickly,  as 
there  was  something  hanging  on  it  that  prevented  the  door  from  closing. 
She  pushed  it  against  his  paws  with  all  her  strength  and  called  to  the  little 
boys  to  bring  her  the  a.\e  which  was  in  the  house,  but  they  could  not  find 
it;  then  she  told  them  to  bring  her  the  rolling  pin,  with  which  she  beat 
his  feet  until  he  withdrew  them,  when  she  could  get  the  door  fastened. 
He  then  attempted  to  climb  on  a  shed  which  was  over  the  door,  and  which 
extended  to  a  window  in  the  second  story.  She  seeing  his  determination 
told  her  little  sons  to  go  to  the  cellar  and  get  into  a  chest  that  was  there, 
but  not  to  shut  down  the  lid  so  tightly  they  could  not  breathe,  while  she 
went  up  stairs  to  keep  him  out,  if  possible.  The  shed  was  built  of  round 
saplings,  which  were  covered  with  brush  (wood)  and  a  light  snow.  .Some 
of  these  rolled  under  the  clumsy  creature  and  let  him  fall  through.  They 
had  killed  a  beef  that  day,  the  smell  of  which  had  probably  attracted  him  ; 
she  threw  some  parts  of  it  to  him  which  he  devoured  with  great  eagerness, 
appearing  to  be  very  hungry,  and  then  went  off. 

The  next  morning  several  men  went  in  search  of  him  ;  his  foot  being 
wounded  the  blood  upon  the  snow  enabled  them  to  track  him,  so  that  they 
soon  came  up  to  him.  Grandfather's  .stout  dogs  attacked  him  with  violence, 
but  the  bear  seeming  likely  to  gain  the  victory,  he  went  to  their  assistance 
with  his  axe.  In  the  meantime  the  eldest  son  and  the  rest  of  the  company 
came  up,  and  seeing  the  scuffle  but  not  that  his  father  was  there,  [the  son] 
incautiously  raised  his  gun  in  order  to  fire,  but  his  companions  called  to 
him  in  time  to  prevent  it.     They  soon  succeeded  in  killing  the  bear. 

Social  Colonial  farm   life  was   not  all  a  monotonous 

Intercourse  rQi,ncl  of  labor  and  care  ;  time  was  also  found  for 

social  enjoyment.     The  Irish  Friends,  as  well   as 

other  members  of  the  Society,  were  eminently  a 

sociable  people,    and  despite  the  hard  travelling. 


Social  Life  of  the  /risk  friends  209 

visited  each  other  continually.  All  the  events  of 
community — harvests,  huskings,  raisings,  vendues, 
meetings,  weddings,  funerals — brought  the  widely 
scattered  neiijhbors  together  in  social  mincrlino^. 
On  such  occasions  a  spirit  of  sincere  and  hearty 
good-will  and  neighborliness  generally  prevailed, 
and  in  time  of  distress  and  need  there  was  never 
lack  of  help  and  sympathy. 

A  great  event  among  the  Friends  was  a  wed-  it^eddings 
ding.  The  first  and  important  preliminary  to  the 
marriage  was  "  to  pass  meeting,"  or  obtain  the 
consent  of  the  monthly  meeting.  To  this  end  the 
contracting  parties  appeared  in  two  monthly  meet- 
ings and  declared  their  intentions.  Then,  after 
a  searching  inquiry  by  a  committee,  if  the  couple 
were  found  to  be  "  clear  of  all  entangflements," 
they  were  lett  at  liberty  to  accomplish  their  marri- 
age, according  to  "y'  good  order,"  of  Friends.  As 
an  example  of  a  "passing"  of  the  Irish  Friends  the 
following  extracts  from  the  minutes  of  New  Garden 
Monthly  Meeting,  Chester  County,  are  given  : 

Att  our  Monthly  Meeting  of  New  garden  held  att  New  garden  the 
gth  gf  ye  gih  jjjQ .  iyi8  .  .  .  Thomas  Jackson  of  New  garden  Alice 
[alias]  Marlborough,  &  Mary  Willy  of  New  garden.  Appeared  Att  this 
Meeting  &  Signified  Their  Intentions  of  Taking  Each  Other  In  Marriage 
it  Eeeing  y"^  first  time,  Therefore  this  Meeting  Appoints  John  Smith  &  Rob- 
ert Johnson  To  Make  Enquiry  concerning  his  Conversation  &  Clearness  on 
y'  Account  of  Marriage,  &  to  give  an  Account  To  y'  Next  Monthly  Meeting, 

On  the  same  date   the  Women's    meeting  ap- 
pointed 
14 


2  10         Immigration  of  the  Iri^h  Quakers 

Margaret  Johnson  &  Sarah  Worsley  to  Make  Inquiry  into  her  [Mary 
Wily's]  Clearness  of  Marriage  with  any  other  and  of  her  Conversation. 

One  month  later  the  couple  again  declared  their 
intention: 

Att  our  Monthly  Meeting  held  att  New  garden  y*  13"'  of  y°  10  — 
1718  Thomas  Jackson  &  Mary  Willy  Appeared  att  this. Meeting  &  Signified 
y'  they  Continue  their  Intentions  of  Taking  Each  other  In  Marriage  It 
beeing  y*  Second  time,  &  y"'  friends  Appointed  To  Make  Enquiry  Concern- 
ing his  Conversation  &  Clearness,  have  (-iiven  an  Account  that  they  find 
Nothing  but  y'  he  is  Clear  from  All  others  [The  Women's  Meeting  at  the 
same  time  "  finde  nothing  to  hinder  her  Intentions  of  Marriage"],  Therefore 
this  Meeting  Leaves  them  to  their  Liberty  to  Accomplish  their  Said  Marriage 
According  to  y'  good  order  Used  Amongst  friends,  Robert  Johnson  &  James 
Lindley  is  Appointed  [The  Women's  Meeting  appointed  Margaret  Johnson 
and  Sarah  Worsley]  to  See  y''  orderly  Accomplishment  Thereof,  &  give  an 
Account  To  y"  Next  Monthly  Meeting. 

The  form  of  the  marriage  ceremony  is  illus- 
trated by  the  following  certificate^ : 

^J•|^f  imbcreat '   ITiomas  Jackson  of  y"   Township   of  Marlborough  In   y' 

Marriage  County  of  Chester  &  province  of  Pensilvania  &  Mary  Willy  In  y''  Town- 
Cerlificale  ship  of  New  garden  &  County  &  province  Aflbresaid  Maveing  Declared 
Their  Intentions  of  Takeing  Each  other  In  Marriage  before  Several! 
Monthly  Meetings  of  y°  "(people  Called  Quakers  In  y"  County  of  Chester 
According  to  y'  good  order  Used  Among  Them  whose  proceedings 
Therein  After  a  Dileberate  Consideration  Thereof  &  Consent  of  Parents 
&  Relations  Concerned  They  appearing  Clear  of  all  others  were  approved 
of  by  the  Said  Meetings. 

ftow  UbiB  3b  tlo  Ccrfiflc  whom  It  May  Concern  That  for  y'  full  Ac- 
complishing of  Their  S'|  Intentions  this  Twenty  fifth  day  of  y*  10  ^  caled 
December  In  y'  Year  of  our  Lord  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  & 
Eighteen  They  y'  8*1  Thomas  Jackson  &  Mary  Wily  apeared  In  a  Publick  & 

'  Certificate  recorded  page  l,  Vol.  I  of  New  Garden  Marriage  Book. 

•At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  9  Mo.  7,  172.^,  "  lienjanin  ffred  is 
appointed  by  this  Meeting  to  write  y'  Marriage  Certificates  for  friends  be- 
longing to  New  Garden  preparative  meeting  and  James  Wright  for  Noling- 
ham." 


Social  Life  of  tlie  Irish  Friends 


21  I 


Solemn  Assembly  of  y'  anbres'l  People  &  otliers  Melt  Together  Att  y"  I'ub- 
lick  Meeting  house  att  New  garden  Afforesaid  &  In  a  Solera  Manner  he  y" 
S^  Thomas  Jackson  Taking  her  y' S'>  Mary  Wily  by  y"  hand  did  openly 
Declare  as  foUoweth  friends  In  y"  fear  of  y"  Lord  &  before  This  Assembly 
I  Take  this  my  friend  Mary  Wily  To  be  my  wife  ^f*romising  w'  y"  Lords 
Assistance  To  be  Unto  her  a  Loving  &  faithfull  husband  Until  death 
Separate  Us  &  Ihcn  &  There  y"  Abovesaid  Mary  Wily  Did  declare 
friends  In  y=  fear  of  y"  Lord  &  in  y"'  presence  of  this  Assembly  I  Take 
Thomas  Jackson  to  be  my  Husband  Promising  w'  y"  Lords  Assistance  To 
be  unto  him  A  Loving  &  faithful  wife  Untill  death  Separate  us  or  words  to 
This  Efiect  &  for  a  further  Confirmation  thereof  They  y'  S'J  Thomas  Jack- 
son &  Mary  Wily  She  according  To  y"  Custom  of  Mairiage  Assuming  y" 
Name  of  her  Husband  did  Then  and  There  Sett  their  hands  &  we  whose 
Names  are  hereunto  Written  beeing  Present  Among  others  at  y'  Solemniza- 
tion of  their  Sd  Marige  &  Subscription  In  manner  afforesaid  as  witnesses 
hereunto  have  Also  to  These  presents  Subscribed  our  names  y"  day  &  year 
Above  written  : 

Thomas  Lightfoot  Thomas  Jackson 

Sarah  Lightfoot  Mary  Jackson 

Martha  Willy  John  Willy 

Abigail  Willy  Joseph  Willy 

Rnth  Martin  Arthur  Jones 

Mary  Button  Benja"  Fredd 

Margarett  Johnson  Samuel  Jackson 

Rebecka  Starr  Joseph  Hutton 

Deborah  Starr  Samul-.  Lightfoot 

Mary  Head  Jacob  Lightfoot 

Rachel  Fredd  Nehemiah  Hutton 

Alice  Wickersham  Benjam°  Fredd 

Ann  Jackson  John  Fredd 

Deborah  Holyday  Jeremiah  Stan- 

Sarah  Worsley  Thomas  Jackson 

Mary  Miller 
Deborah  Chambers 
Martha  Miller 
Sarah  Miller 
Mary  Power 
Margaret  Miller 

At  the  next  Monthly  Meeting  the  committee 
reported  on  the  marriage  as  follows: 


Thomas  Wickersham 
Caleb  Pusey 
Francis  Swayne 
Benjamin  Holme 
Abram  Marshall 
Simon  Hadly 
John  Chambers 
William  Holiday 
Gayen  Miller 
John  Smith 
Robert  Johnson 
James  Lindley 
Ellinor  Lindley 
Tho  :  Jackson 
James  Johnson 
James  Stan- 
Michael  Lightfoot 


2  1 2         Immigration  of  tlie  Irish  Quakers 

Att  our  Monthly  Meeting  of  New  garden  held  atl  Notingham  the   lo"" 
of  y«  II 'J^^:   1718-19 

The  friends  y'  were  Appointed  To  See  y*  orderly  Accomplishment  of 
Thomas  Jackson  &  Mary  Willeys  Marriage,  Make  report  That  it  was  Ac 
complished  orderly. 

It  often  happened  that  marriages  were  not  cele- 
brated with  that  high  degree  of  good  order  which 
the  committee  thought  necessary  at  such  func- 
tions. There  seems  to  have  been  a  constant  ten- 
dency, especially  after  the  fourth  decade  of  the 
century,  to  bring  some  of  the  ways  of  the  "world's 
people"  into  the  marriage  ceremony.  In  1761,  at 
Warrington  Monthly,  a  marriage  was  reported 
orderly,  except  for  the  couple^  "  having  a  man  & 
maid  to  wait  on  them,  which  practice  this  meeting 
doth  not  approve."  In  1773,  at  the  said  Monthly 
Meeting,  a  groom-  was  complained  of  for  having 
"assistance  in  taking  of  his  Gloves."  In  1775, 
the  nuptials  of  Richard  Atherton  and  Phebe  Hob- 
son  seem  to  have  passed  off  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  men  Friends  of  the  meeting,  but  the  women 
members  were  scandalized  at  the  presence  of 
"assistants  to  pull  off  the  glove  "and  hat."  In 
1785,  Friends  had  a  concern  as  to  the  "practice 
of  keeping  on  the  Hat  at  the  time  of  Solemnizing 
Marriage."* 

Many  young  Friends,  impatient  of  the  slow  and 
troublesome  process  of  passing  meeting,  would 

'  Richard  Carson  and  Mary  Passmore. 

2  Nehemiah  Hutton  who  married  Rachel  Varnall. 

'  Minulei  of  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  2 1 3 

hasten  off  to  "ye  priest"  or  to  a  magistrate,  and  be 
married  without  any  delay  or  formality.  Ancient 
church  registers,  notably  those  of  the  Old  Swedes' 
Churches  of  Philadelphia  and  Wilmington,  record 
the  marriages  of  many  young  runaway  Quaker 
couples.  The  monthly  meeting  minutes  abound 
in  the  record  of  such  infractions  of  discipline,  and 
the  elders  of  the  meeting  were  ever  busy  laboring 
and  dealing  with  the  delinquents.  If  the  offend- 
ers would  not  confess  their  faults  they  were  "  dis- 
owned "  or  expelled  from  the  Society.  At  New 
Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1730,  a  complaint 
was  made  that  "  Mary  Moore  ^  is  gone  out  from 
friends  &  is  Marryed  by  a  Justice  of  y°  peace 
Contraiy  to  freinds  advice  to  her."  For  this  she 
was  disowned. 

At  the  same  meeting  in  1 736,  "  John  Mickle  is 
married  out  by  y"  priest,"  and  was  disowned. 
Again,  in  1737,  "Sadsbury  preparative  Meeting 
informs  y'  John  Musgrove  Jun'  is  married  out  of  y" 
Unity  of  friends  (by  y^  priest.) ' "  He  was  then  ex- 
pelled. At  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1767, 
Sarah  Delap  made  a  written  acknowledgment  "  for 
keeping  company  with  a  young  man  not  of  our  So- 
ciety and  attempting  marriage  with  him  by  a  priest 
to  the  great  grief  of  my  tender  parents."  She  was 
then  re-instated.  Even  those  members  who  were 
present  on   the  occasion  of  a  marriage  by   "  ye 

1  Married  Thomas  McCollum. 


2 1 4         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

priest  "  were  dealt  with  for  misconduct.  Such 
complaints  as  this  are  frequent  in  the  minutes  : 
New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  12  Mo.  22,  1734-5, 
is  informed  "  y'  Thos.  Jackson  Jun"'  went  a  Long 
with  Stephen  Hayes  when  he  went  &  gott  mar- 
ried by  y'  priest." 

Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1779,  had 
a  difficult  love  affair  to  settle.  John  Uclap  made 
objections  to  the  marriage  proposals  of  Joseph 
Garretson  and  Rebecca  McMillan,  declaring  that 
he  had  a  prior  claim  to  her  "which  he  is  not  will- 
ing to  give  up,  and  it  appears  that  she  kept  com- 
pany with  him  a  considerable  time  after  she  al- 
tered her  mind."  The  meedng  finally  decided 
against  poor  John,  and  the  marriage  was  duly  con- 
summated without  any  further  interruption  from 
him. 

The  bride  would  ride  to  meeting  behind  her 
father  or  next  friend  seated  on  a  pillion,  but 
after  the  ceremony  the  pillion  was  transferred  to 
the  husband's  horse,  behind  his  saddle,  and  witli 
him  she  rode  home.^  After  the  wedding  the  com- 
pany were  invited  to  return  to  the  home  of  the 
bride's  father,  where  a  bountiful  repast  was  served. 
Great  preparations  were  made  for  the  wedding 
dinner,  and   Friends  had   frequently   to  be  cau- 

'  Reminiscences  of  William  Worrall,  a  centenarian,  by  John  F.  Watson, 
Mtmoirs  of  the  I/islorical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  1827, 
Vol.  II. 


Social  Life  of  Ihe  Irish  Friends  2  1 5 

tioned  against  lavish  entertainment  on  such  occa- 
sions. At  Warrington,  in  1767,  a  marriage  was 
reported  orderly,  "Except  some  unnecessary  pro- 
vision." ' 

Courtship  among  Friends  was  a  solemn  affair,  Courtship 
and  must  be  pursued  in  a  most  decorous  and  cir- 
cumspect manner.  Before  declaring  his  affec- 
tions, the  young  man  must  first  have  the  consent 
of  the  young  woman's  parents.  This  permission 
granted,  he  came  "a  courting,"  but  he  must  strive 
by  his  grave  and  staid  demeanor  and  "solid  con- 
versation" to  make  an  impression  on  the  object  of 
his  regards.  If  however,  he  did  not  first  obtain 
the  paternal  sanction,  he  was  dealt  with  by  the 
meeting.  In  1726,  George  Robinson  ^  had  to  sign 
the  following  paper  before  he  was  allowed  to 
proceed  with  his  marriage  : 

Whereas  I  have  Made  My  Mind  Known  to  Mary  M'Koy  Upon  y' 
Account  of  Marriage  before  I  had  her  parents  Consent  Contrary  to  y"  order 
of  friends  for  which  I  am  Sory  as  witnes  my  hand 

George  Robinson 

'  In  1725,  Thomas  Chalkley  "  was  at  a  Marriage  at  Horsham  (at  which 
was  present  William  Keith,  our  Governor)  and  I  was  concerned  to  speak 
.  .  .  After  this  Meeting  I  return'd  Home  without  going  to  the  Marriage 
Dinner,  as  I  generally  avoided  such  Entertainments  as  much  as  I  could, 
having  no  Life,  or  liking  to  them,  being  sensible  that  great  Companies  and 
Preparations  at  Weddings,  were  growing  Inconveniences  among  us." — 
p.  la,"] ,  Jotirnal,  London,  lyS'- 

'George  Robinson,  of  Cecil  Co.,  Md.,  son  of  George  and  Catharine 
(Hollingsworth)  Robinson,  "  of  Newark  In  y'  County  of  New  Castle  upon 
Delaware"  was  married  2  Mo.,  14,  1726,  at  Nottingham  to  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Mi^Koy,  of  Cecil  Co.,  Md. — New  Garden  Marriage  Book,  33. 


2 1 6         Immigralion  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Again,  in  1732,  when  Robert  Johnson,  son  of 
Robert  Johnson,  of  New  Garden,  and  Katharine 
Hadley,  daughter  of  Simon  Hadley,  of  New  Castle 
County,  declared  theirintentionsof  marriage  for  the 
first  time,  they  were  not  permitted  to  proceed  until 
Robert  produced  the  following  acknowledgment : 

Whereas  I  have  Endeavored  to  dravir  out  ye  affections  of  my  friend 
Katherine  Hadley  before  I  had  ye  Consent  of  her  parents,  which  s'' 
Action  of  mine  being  Contrary  to  ye  Rules  of  friends  &  I  knowing  in  my 
Self  it  not  to  be  Right  Wherefore  I  do  Condemn  all  Such  practices  &  do 
take  ye  blame  on  my  Selfe  &  desire  y'  i"riends  may  pass  it  by  &  hopes  I 
Shall  be  more  Carefull  for  time  to  come  of  giving  any  just  offence  to 
friends  as  Witness  my  hand  this  26  day  of  y<'  sixth  mo""  1732 

Robert  Johnson 

Funerals  A  funeral  was  always  an  occasion  for  a  great 
gathering  of  Friends.  Thomas  Chalkley  notes 
that  in  1725  as  many  as  a  thousand  persons  were 
present  at  a  funeral.'  The  body  was  placed  in  a 
plain  coffin  and  borne  to  the  meeting-house,  where 
after  a  short  meeting  in  memory  of  the  deceased, 
interment  was  made  in  the  adjoining  graveyard. 
The  company  then  repaired  to  the  house  for  din- 
ner, which  was  almost  as  elaborate  a  repast  as 
that  served  at  weddings.  Friends  were  warned 
to  "  keep  out  of  superfluity  at  maredges  and 
bueriels."  The  funeral  expenses  of  fames  Lind- 
ley,  of  London  Grove,  as  shown  by  the  accounts 
filed  by  his  executors,  were  ^4.  los.,  and  "  y« 
Coffin,"  £1.  8s.     The  funeral  charges  of  Thomas 

^Journal,  153. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Frie?ids  2  i  7 

Jackson,  in  i  728,  were  ^'3.  In  the  estate  accounts 
of  John  Lowden,  of  New  Garden,  is  the  item  : 
"  for  y^  funerall  of  William  Johnson,"  ^5.  In  the 
accounts  of  Ann  Marshall,  deceased,  of  New 
Garden,  "late  of  Ireland,"  are  recorded  these 
charges:  "A  Coffin  ^i  ;  Sider  at  y=  funerall 
los  ;  ye  Grave  Diging,  3s.  6d." 

A  few  items  gleaned  from  executors'  accounts  Physicians' 
show  what  physicians'  fees  were  in  this  early  period.  *''''^" 
George  Harlan's  estate  "  paid  Isaac 'Taylor  for 
Physic  as  ^  his  receipt  Dated  y^  25  ;  i  "°  1715 
^8.  18.  o."  Ann  Marshall  was  ill  thirteen  weeks 
but  her  estate  had  to  pay  "  to  ye  Doctors  "  only  2s. 
In  Thomas  Jackson's  account  were  items:  "to 
Doctter  Curry,  ^3";  "to  Doctter  Dellwood, 
£2.  4.  7  "  ;  to  Doctter  Taylor,  7s." 

The  meeting  was  one  of  the  strongest  forces  in  Meetings  fot 
the  social  life  of  the  Friends.  Twice  a  week,  on 
"First-day  "  and  usually  on  "Fifth-day,"  it  brought 
together  the  members  from  their  scattered  hold- 
ings for  worship,  and  at  the  close  afforded  oppor- 
tunity for  a  short  season  of  quiet  and  genial  con- 
verse. Of  the  two  meetings  for  worship,  that  of 
the  Sabbath  had  the  better  attendance.     On 

Fair  First-day  mornings  steeped  in  Summer  calm 
Warm,  tender,  restful,  sweet  with  woodland  balm, 

family  parties,  either  walking  or  riding,^  might  be 

1  Some  young  Friends  in  going  to  meeting  evidently  did  not  always 
carry  themselves  with  that  degree  of  "  gravity  and  moderation  "  that  was 


2 1 8         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

seen  wending  their  way  to  the  plain  little  meeting- 
house, embowered  amid  the  trees.  Reining  up 
by  the  horse-block  at  the  door  the  riders  dis- 
mounted, and  before  entering  the  edifice  would 
linger,  perchance,  for  a  few  words  of  friendly 
greeting  with  the  neighbors.     There  was  no 

peal  of  bells  to  call  them  to  the  house  of  praise, 

but  at  the  appointed  time  the  company  took  their 
places  on  the  hard,  unpainted  benches,  the  men 
on  the  one  side  and  the  women  on  the  other  side 
of  the  house.  After  a  few  moments  of  silent  and 
reverent  worship,  seeking 

The  Soul's  communion  with  the  Eternal  Mind, — 

from  the  raised  seats  of  the  gallery,  where  sat  the 
ministers  and  elders  facing  the  body  of  the  meet- 
ing a  minister  would  arise  to  deliver  his  spiritual 
message.  Frequently  the  speaker  was  a  travel- 
ling Friend,  from  England  or  Ireland  or  other  dis- 
tant parts.     Perhaps  it  was  Thomas  Chalkley, 

Gentlest  of  skippers,  rare  sea  saint,'  , 

or  Thomas  Lightfoot,  who 

expected  of  them  by  their  elders,  but  took  advantage  of  the  ride  to  show  ofi 
the  paces  of  their  fine  young  horses.  As  early  as  1681,  Friends  of  Dublin 
Half  Year  Meeting  had  a  concern  as  to  this  departure  from  "  y'  path  of 
truth"  and  sent  an  epistle,  signed  by  William  Edmundson,  Abraham  Ful- 
ler, and  Amos  Strettell,  to  Friends  on  the  Delaware,  urging  that  "all 
young  Men  and  others  in  Riding  to  or  from  Meetings  or  other  occasions 
refrain  from  Galloping  and  Riding  after  an  aiery  flurting  manner." — Amelia 
Mott  Gummere,  Friends  in  Burlington,  Pcnna.  Mag.,  VII.,  354. 
'  Whittier  in  Snow- Bound. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  2 1 9 

Did  like  Noah's  dove. 

Sweetly  declare  God's  universal  love,' 

or  John  Fothervill,  "an  antient  man  tall  and  Well 
Shap'd  Very  Zealous  against  Sin  and  Iniquity  "  - ; 
or  perchance  it  was  quaint  and  eccentric  old  John 
Salkcld,  of  Chester,  of  whom  a  contemporary 
writes,  in  1739  : 

Salkeld  from  silent  sitting  slow  would  rise 
And  seemed  as  with  himself  he  did  advise. 
His  first  words  would  be  soft,  but  might  be  heard ; 
He  looked  resolved,  yet  spoke  as  if  he  feared 


Proposed  his  theme,  and  sometimes  would  repeat, 
Lest  some  should  not  observe,  or  should  forget : 

Thus  louder  then  he  strained  his  cheerful  voice, 
The  sounds  grow  tuneful  and  their  hearts  rejoice.* 

It  not  infrequently  happened  that  some  good 
Friends,  wearied  with  the  arduous  duties  of  the 
week,  would  drop  off  into  restful  slumber.  But 
woe  betide  these  offenders  of  good  order  and  the 
testimony  of  truth,  if  John  Salkeld  chanced  to  be 
present  at  the  meeting  !  Their  dreams  were  then 
of  short  duration.  On  one  occasion,  it  is  related, 
when  he  noted  several  members  overcome  with 
drowsiness,  he  suddenly  sprang  to  his  feet,  ex- 
claiming, "Fire!    Fire!"    Everyone  was  awake 

'  Samuel  Keimer,  of  Philadelphia,  writing  in  1723. — Scharfe  and 
Wescoll,  II  ,  867. 

^  MS.  Diary  (ijj6-iys^)  of  John  Smith,  of  Burlington,  N.  J. 

'Lines  attributed  to  Joseph  liricntnall,  a  Friend,  of  Philadelphia. — 
The  Salkeld  J'amily, 


Business 
Meciings 


2  20        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

immediately  and  one  of  the  excited  sleepers  cried 
out,  "Where?  Where?"  "In  Hell!"  responded 
|ohn,  "to  burn  up  the  drowsy  and  uncon- 
cerned." ' 

The  close  of  meeting  was  announced  by  the 
shaking  of  hands  by  two  gallery  Friends,  the 
signal  passing  down  seat  by  seat  through  the 
house.  After  a  friendly  and  genial  chat  the 
Friends  dispersed,  many  of  them  taking  guests 
home  to  dinner. 

The  business  meetings  of  the  Society,  from  the 
point  of  view  of  social  opportunity,  were  of  greater 
moment  even  than  the  meetings  for  worship.  The 
latter  were  usually  only  local  in  extent,  but  the 
former,  especially  the  quarterly  and  yearly  meet- 
ings, brought  together  large  numbers  of  Friends 
from  many  distant  points  and  thus  enlarged  and 
broadened  the  range  of  social  intercourse.  The 
business  meeting  was  usually  preceded  by  a  meet- 
ing for  worship,  at  the  close  of  which  wooden 
shutters  were  drawn  down  from  the  ceiling,  leav- 
ing the  women  to  conduct  their  branch  of  the 
meeting  separate  from  that  of  the  men. 
Quarterly  The  Quarterly  Meeting,  which  continued  often 
"'"'^  for  several  days,  and  in  early  times  "circulated" 
to  various  fixed  places  in  a  district,  occupied  a 
conspicuous  place  in  the  life  of  the  I'riends.     The 

'  The  Satkeld  Family,  a  rare  little  pamphlet  of  8  pp. ,  printed  in  Dela- 
ware County,  in  1867. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  2  2  i 

season  was  looked  forward  to  with  pleasant  an- 
ticipation by  young  and  old  as  a  time  not  only  for 
religious  worship  but  for  social  pleasure.  Great 
preparations  in  the  way  of  cooking  and  baking 
were  made  for  Quarterly  Meeting  guests.  Whole 
families  would  often  come  from  great  distances  to 
"Quarterly"  and  visit  around  in  the  neighbor- 
hood during  the  progress  of  the  meeting. 

Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting,  the  central  au-  V'-ariy 
thority,  to  which  all  the  other  meetings  of  Pennsyl-  '  "  '"^ 
vania,  Delaware,  and  parts  of  New  Jersey  and 
Maryland  were  subordinate,  was  the  most  impor- 
tant of  the  meetings  and  had  the  largest  attend- 
ance. The  meeting  lasted  for  upwards  of  a  week 
each  year,  oscillating  for  a  time  between  Philadel- 
phia and  Burlington,  but  finally  settling  down  to 
regular  sessions  in  Philadelphia.  Country  Friends 
took  advantage  of  Yearly  Meeting  week  to  bring 
to  town  farm  products,  to  exchange  for  articles  to 
be  found  in  the  shops  and  markets.  The  visitors 
were  always  received  and  entertained  with  gener- 
ous hospitality  by  the  city  members. 

The  Monthly  Meeting,  local  in  its  character,  was  jironihiy 
the  real  working  body  of  the  Society,  in  matters  ^'''"'^'"^ 
relatincr  to  the  individual  members.  It  "  under- 
took  to  see  that  justice  was  done  between  man 
and  man,  that  disputes  were  settled,  that  the  poor 
were  supported,  that  delinquents,  whether  as  to 
the  Society's  own  rules  or  those  of  the  State,  were 


2  2  2         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

reformed,  or  if  reformation  seemed  impossible, 
were  '  disowned  '  by  the  Society,  that  appHcants 
for  membership  were  tested  and  finally,  if  satisfac- 
tory, received,  that  all  the  children  were  educated, 
that  certificates  of  sfood  standing  were  orranted  to 
members  changing  their  abodes,  that  marriages 
and  burials  were  simply  and  properly  performed, 
and  that  records  were  fully  and  accurately  kept. 
Under  these  were  the  Preparative  Meetings."' 
Meeting  The    Friends    in    general    maintained    a    high 

^"^  °  standard  of  conduct  and  morality,  but  among  the 
young  members,  especially  in  the  later  genera- 
tions, there  was  a  falling  off  in  this  respect  and  a 
tendency  to  drift  into  the  ways  of  the  world's 
people.  The  monthly  meeting  was  constantly 
engaged  in  laboring  with  offenders. 

Some   additional    e.xtracts    from    the    meeting 
records  throw  light  on  disciplinary  action  and  af- 
ford further  interesting  glimpses  of  the  manner  of 
life  among  the  Irish  PViends. 
Card-piayini;       The  Friends  had  a  strong  testimony  against 
"oan  in  ^"^'^     '  kicked    practices "    as    card-playing   and 

dancing,  their  sentiments  being  expressed  by 
Thomas  Chalkley,  who  denounces  cards  as  "en- 
gines of  Satan  "  and  declares  "  that  as  many  Paces 
as  the  Person  takes  in  the  Dance,  so  many  Paces 
or  Steps  they  take  towards  Hell."''     But  in  spite 

^  A  Quaker  Experiment  in  Government  (21-22),  by  Isaac  Sliarplcss, 
President  of  Haverford  College. 
*  Journal^  225, 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  223 

of  all  such  protests  many  young  members  were 
found  playing  cards  and  engaging  in  such  "vain 
and  vicecious  Proseedings  as  Frollicking  Fiddling 
and  Dancingr." 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  4mo.  1 2, 
1725: 

"  New  Garden  Preparative  Meeting  has  Acquainted  this  Meeting  y' 
Neheniiah  Hutton  has  been  found  In  Company  keeping  &  playing  Cards 
which  lias  brought  reproach  upon  truth  &  friends,  &  this  Meeting  has  put 
him  upon  to  Draw  iip  Something  for  y*  Clearing  of  truth  Against  y®  Next 
Monthly  Meeting  which  he  Acknowledges  and  is  willing  to  do 

"  Joseph  Hadley  being  Also  in  Company  w'  Nehemiah  Hutton  and  had 
y'  Cards  In  his  hand  which  he  is  Sory  for  y'  he  did  not  leave  y*  Company. 
It  is  y*  Mind  of  this  Meeting  y'  he  condemn  the  Same  So  far  as  he  is 
Guilty" 

6  Mo.,  6,  1725.  "  Nehemiah  Hutton  has  given  in  a  paper  Condemn- 
ing himself  for  his  playing  at  Cards  which  paper  this  meeting  receives  & 
orders  him  to  read  y'  S'?  Paper  in  y'  place  where  he  was  playing  &  in  y* 
Presents  of  Benjamin  ffred  &  Willf  Halliday  &  that  they  give  an  Account 
to  y"  next  Monthly  Meeting  &  that  he  is  desired  to  forbear  coming  to  meet- 
ings of  business  until  friends  be  better  Satisfied  with  him  as  to  his  conver- 
sation and  .Sincerity  to  truth."  Joseph  Hadley  was  dealt  with  in  the  same 
way. 

At  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1769, 
Timothy  Kirk  acknowledged  his  error  in  dancing, 
and  in  1777,  Elizabeth  Blackburn  expressed  her 
sorrow  for  "having  Endeavored  to  dance." 

The  Friends,  in  common  with  other  people  of 
the  early  part  of  the  period  under  our  study,  seem 
to  have  indulged  freely  in  strong  drink.  The  Tem-  Drinking. 
perance  movement,  which  was  initiated  by  Friends, 
was  of  later  origin.  So  long  as  members  kept 
sober  no  complaint  was  made,  but  when  they  got 


2  24         /mini oration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

so  deep  in  their  cups  as  to  become  foolish  and  be- 
ligerent  they  were  promptly  taken  in  hand  by  the 
meeting.  It  was  thought  that  no  crop  could  be  gar- 
nered, no  building  raised,  in  fact  no  difficult  work 
accomplished,  without  the  use  of  stimulants.  On  all 
social  occasions  liquor  was  freely  passed  around. 

In  1725,  Chester  Quarterly  Meeting,  which  in- 
cluded nearly  all  the  meetings  of  what  is  now  New 
Castle  County  in  Delaware,  and  the  counties  of 
Delaware  and  Chester  in  Pennsylvania,  made 
some  attempt  to  correct  abuses  that  had  sprung 
up.  "  It  was  desired  [that]  y"  friends  take  care  at 
Burralls  not  to  make  great  provision  as  to  provide 
strong  Liquors  and  hand  it  about  ;  but  lett  Every 
one  take  y'  is  free  to  take  it  as  they  have  ocation 
and  not  more  than  will  doe  them  Good." 

The  next  year  the  Yearly  Meeting  took  up  the 
subject  and  adopted  strong  resolutions  against 
the  practice  of  giving  liquor  at  public  vendues,  as 
it  excited  bidders  and  created  an  incautious  rivalry. 
Thee,xpenditurefor  rum  was  frequently  the  largest 
item  in  vendue  accounts.  At  the  vendue  of  Ann 
Marshall,  of  New  Garden,  as  shown  in  her  ac- 
counts of  1729,  there  was  paid  "To  John  Read 
for  Rum  at  y'  Vendue  13s.  4d.,"  while  "ye 
Gierke  "  received  only  4s.  and  "William  Rowan 
Cryer  at  y*  Vendue"  only  10  s. 

In  1733,  a  writer  in  the  Pennsylvania  Gazette 
complains  that 


Social  Life  of  the  Iri^h  Friends  225 

"  It  is  now  become  the  practice  of  some  other- 
wise discreet  women,  instead  of  a  draught  of  beer 
and  toast,  or  a  chunk  of  bread  and  cheese  or  a 
wooden  noggin  of  good  porrige  and  bread,  as  our 
good  old  English  custom  is,  or  milk  and  bread 
boiled,  or  tea  and  bread  and  butter  or  milk  or 
milk  coffee  &c  that  they  must  have  their  two  or 
three  drams  in  the  morning." 

Here  are  some  cases  of  intemperance  of  Irish 
Friends  brought  before  New  Garden  Monthly 
Meeting : 

10  Mo  12,  1724. — "  Whereas  Joseph  &  Nehemiah  H being  both 

overtaken  in  Drink  in  y'  County  of  New  Castle  &  have  condemned  y" 
Same  Under  their  hands  which  papers  were  read  heere  to  y"  Satisfaction  of 
this  Meeting  &  Appoints  Benjamin  fired  to  read  y"  Same  in  y'  Next  first 
dayes  Meeting." 

10  Mo  12,  1724. — "  Thomas  Jackson  of  Thomas  Town  in  Marlborough 
has  appeared  at  this  meeting  as  desired  &  has  Signified  y*  it  was  not  y® 
greatness  of  y*  quantity  of  drink  but  beeing  unwell  for  Some  time  before 
which  he  thinks  was  y"  cause  of  this  Sickness  but  for  y'  Clearing  of  truth 
he  is  willing  to  give  in  a  paper,  therefore  he  is  desired  to  bring  it  y''  next 
Monthly  Meeting." 

2.  Mo.  10.  1726. — "  Dear  friends  whereas  it  Accidentally  hapened  y' 
1  was  overtaken  In  Licquor  and  I  do  believe  y'  my  being  before  unwell  & 
weak  of  body  was  Some  occasion  of  it  &  I  am  Sory  for  it  as  witness  my 
hand.  THOMAS  Jackson." 

4    Mo.    24,  1732. — London    Grove    Preparative    Meeting    reports    "y' 

Joseph  P was  over  taken  with  Strong  Drink  at  Darby  &  and  he 

being  feavored  with  a  deep  Sence  thereof  have  given  this  Meeting  a  paper  " 
of  acknowledgment. 

11  Mo.    25,    1734. — New    Garden    Preparative   Meeting  reports  "y' 

James  M Sen'  was  overcome  with  Strong  Licqor  &  did   Strik  & 

abuse  his  wife."      He  was  disowned,  12  Mo.  22,  1734-5. 

8  Mo.  30,  1736. — Mary  B ly  has  "been  Adicted  to  Drunkenness 

for  some  years  past  &  has  been  visited  and  Admonished  against  it  Divers 
times  yett  Does  not  Desist  from  it."     Disowned  9  Mo.  27,  1736. 

•5 


2  26        hnniigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

In  harvest  time  neighborinij  families  assisted  each 
other,  the  women  often  workins^  in  the  fields  with 
the  men.  Says  Parke  :  "  The  [y]  also  make  great 
Preparations  against  harvest  both  Roast  &  boyled, 
Cakes  &  Tarts  &  Rum  stand  at  the  Lands  End, 
so  that  they  may  eat  and  drink  at  Pleasure."  Fre- 
quently refreshments  of  cider  and  rum  were  too 
much  for  Friends,  and  exciting  scenes  attended 
the  harvest.  We  have  an  instance  of  this  in 
Warrington  Monthly  Meeting  records  of  1748. 
A  PViend  made  the  following  acknowledgment : 

I  was  overtaken  with  the  effects  of  spirituous  liquor  in  the  harvest 
field,  reaping  for  John  Rankin  in  Red  Land  Valley  [near  Lewisberry, 
York  County]  last  harvest.  It  was  a  hot  day,  I  drank  more  than  I  should 
have  to  drive  out  the  sweat  to  make  me  in  better  capacity  to  follow  my 
work,  but  it  produced  the  contrary  effect,  so  that  I  was  for  a  time  light  in 
the  head  and  I  talked  foolish. 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  5  Mo.  29, 
1729,  London  Grove  Preparative  Meeting  made 
report : 

yt  Will'"  Lowdon  was  a  fighting  with  Michacll  Harlan  Jun  ye  Last 
Harvest  for  w^  he  is  Sorry  &  has  Given  a  paper  Condemning  ye  Same 
which  this  meeting  Takes  as  Sattisfaction. 

In  1754,  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting  ex- 
pelled  Robert  W ,   on  complaint  of  John 

Farmer  who  said  that  R.  W.  came  "  to  his  house 
full  of  drink  and  did  abuse  him  and  his  family,  and 
when  he  provoked  some  of  them  to  strike  him  he 
took  warrants  for  the  whole  family,  considerably 
to  their  damage." 


Social  Life  of  tJie  Irish  Friends  227 

Again,   in    1758,     John  W ,  of  Menallen   Disorderly 

Meeting,  made  the  following  acknowledgment : 

"  Whereas,  some  lime  ago  I  went  to  the  Burial  of  one  of  my  Neighbours  ; 
from  the  Grave  yard  I  went  a  few  miles  where  I  heard  there  was  a  Gather- 
ing of  men,  Expecting  to  see  some  men  I  had  business  with,  and  notwith- 
standing I  have  made  profession  of  the  blessed  truth  for  many  years  past, 
thro'  unwatchfulness  Committed  that  great  Evil  of  taking  more  strong 
drink  than  I  ought  to  have  done,  the  Effect  of  which  brought  on  another 
Evil,  for  Rideing  home  in  Company  with  some  of  my  Neighbours,  a  differ- 
ence fell  out  amongst  us  where  I  received,  as  1  thought  at  that  time,  provo- 
cation Enough  to  do  as  I  did,  (but  I  am  far  from  thinking  so  now, )  which 
was  the  putting  of  my  hat  and  Jacket  in  order  to  have  satisfaction,"  etc. 

In  1758,  James  McG ,  of  Menallen,  pro- 
duced an  acceptable  acknowledgment  for  being 
overtaken  with  strong  drink  ;  "  the  adversary  hav- 
ing got  the  advantage  I  took  the  undue  liberty  of 
singing  Idle  songs  along  with  a  company  that  was 
Engaged  in  that  Exercise."  His  paper  was  read 
on  "First-day"  at  Alenallen  Meeting. 

Here  are  some  further  cases  of  disorder  in  which 
Irish  Friends  were  concerned  : 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  2  Mo.  26,  1729,  Nottingham  Pre- 
parative reports  "  that  Roger  Keirk  son  of  Alphancius  Keirk  was  a  Rassel- 
ing  for  a  weger  which  he  seems  to  aveade."  4  Mo.  28th,  it  is  reported 
"  y'  he  said  he  hoped  to  be  more  Carefull  but  did  not  appear  at  this  meet- 
ing nor  is  not  willing  to  Condemn  it  any  further."  7  ^^o-  27th,  he  appeared 
at  the  meeting  but  being  of  "  Rather  a  Cavelling  Contentious  Spirit  than 
otherwise  this  meeting  thinks  it  of  Necessity  to  disown  him." 

u  Mo.  31,1729,  New  Garden  was  informed  that  John  C — n  in  Contro- 
versie  with  Thomas  L — ly  did  through  provecation  Curse  &  Swear,  and  that 
y'  s"*  L — ly  Did  use  Scurrilous  vain  &  unbecoming  Language  to  John  C — n. ' ' 
An  acknowledgment  from  these  offenders  was  accepted,  but  the  privilege 
to  sit  in  business  meetings  was  withdrawn.  2  Mo.  25,  1730,  "John  C — n 
&  Thomas  L — ly  was  a  fighting."  The  former  was  then  disowned,  while 
the  latter  expressing  his  sorrow  was  retained  in  membership. 


2  28         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Report  was  made  to  New  Garden  Monthly 
Meeting,  ii  Mo.  28,  1737-8,  that  certain  Friends 
appointed  to  read  a  testimony  against  John  St — r, 
of  Sadsbury  Meeting,  for  not  complying  with  "  y' 
Award  of  y"  friends  Chosen  by  him  &  his  brother  " 
in  a  dispute, 

shewed  it  to  s''  John,  and  that  he  &  and  his  father  Joyned  in  running 
out  against  friends  &  said  y*  Testamony  was  a  parsil  of  lies  that  they  had 
made  up  amongst  themselves  and  when  a  friend  stood  up  &  began  to  read 
it  at  y'  breaking  up  of  a  first  day  meeting  according  to   y"  Direction  of  y" 

monthly  meeting,   Isaac  St r  [father  of  John]    stood   up  &   bid  hira 

Leave  of  reading  it  for  it  is  a  parsil  of  lies  &  sleped  to  y*  friend  &  Catched 
y°  paper  &  tore  it  to  pieces,  whereby  y"  reading  of  it  was  stoped  at  that 
time." 

Isaac  St — r  was  then  dealt  with  "for  his  Con- 
tempt of  y"  Authority  of  y'  meeting  "  and  was  re- 
quired to  bring  in  a  written  acknowledgment  of 
his  fault. 

Care  of  One  of  the  duties  of  the  monthly  meeting  was 
to  investigate  cases  of  alleged  mistreatment  of 
indented  servants.  At  New  Garden,  12  Mo.  25, 
1726-7,  Sadsbury  Preparative  Meeting 

made  a  Complaint  against  James  Musgrave  Son  of  Jn°  Musgrave  of  Sads- 
bury for  Strikeing  a  .Servant  man  of  Caleb  Perces  [Peirce's]  the  which  he 
Seems  to  Justifie  therefore  this  meeting  appoints  Saml'  Miller  &  Caleb 
Perse  to  Endeavour  to  bring  him  to  a  Sence  of  his  Evill  Action. 


Indented 
Servants 


Caseoj         One  of  the  most  interesting  cases  concerning 
Lowden    indented  servants  that  Friends  were  called  upon 

versus  _  ' 

Smith  to  settle  was  that  of  I^owdcn  versus  Smith,  brought 
before  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting.  It  seems 
that  William  Lowden,  probably  after  the  death  of 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  229 

his  father,  John  Lowden,  in  17 14,  was  bound  as  a 
servant,  until  the  age  of  twenty-one,  to  John 
Smith,  of  Marlborough,  son-in-law  of  Caleb  Pusey. 
As  young  Lowden  approached  his  majority  a  dif- 
ference arose  between  him  and  his  master  as  to 
the  date  of  expiration  of  the  term  of  service. 
Evidently  there  were  not  exact  data  at  hand  to  de- 
termine the  point.  Thereupon,  3  Mo.  9,  1724, 
the  matter  was  brought  up  for  the  Monthly  Meet- 
ing to  decide. 

At  this  meeting,  as  a  first  step  in  the  proceed- 
ings, a  committee  was  appointed  "to  write  to  y° 
Monthly  Meetings  of  y*"  Grange  In  y''  County  of 
Antrim  «&  to  New  Garden  In  y"  County  of  Carlow 
both  In  Ireland  for  y"  Ages  of  y'  Children  of  John 
Lowdon." 

At  the  next  Monthly  Meeting,  held  5  Mo.  nth. 

Friends  being  Informed  Alt  our  Last  Monthly  Meeting  of  A  Differ- 
ence between  John  Smith  and  William  Lowden  about  y'  Age  of  William 
Lowden  he  being  bound  to  John  Smith  Until!  he  come  of  Age  &  y'  Last 
Meeting  .Appointed  Thomas  Jackson  James  Lindley  Benjamin  ffredd  Si- 
mon Hadly  Joseph  Sharp  &  Michael)  Lightfoot  to  See  they  could  help  them 
to  Accommodate  it, 

And  Now  these  friends  gives  this  Meeting  An  Account  that  they  Mett 
with  them  &  they  could  not  fully  End  it,  but  John  &  William  Mutually 
have  Chosen  four  friends  whom  they  have  left  it  to  fully  to  determine. 

The  young  man,  becoming  impatient  of  the 
delay  of  tne  arbitrators,  probably  left  his  master 
before  the  proper  time,  for  on  9  Mo.  7,  1724,  just 
three  days  before  what  later  proved  to  be  his 
twenty-first  birthday, 


230        Iimnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

A  Concern  coming  Upon  this  Meeticg  concerning  Wm  :  Lowdens  dis- 
order In  not  Leaving  his  Difference  he  had  w'  his  Master  to  y'  Arbitrators 
as  he  had  agreed  to  do,  Therefore  we  now  desire  y'  Visiters  to  speak  to 
him  to  bring  him  to  a  Sence  thereof  that  he  may  condemn  y"  Same  &  y' 
they  give  an  account  to  y"  Next  Monthly  Meeting. 

No  further  mention  of  the  matter  is  to  bef  ound 
in  the  minutes  until  7  Mo.  11,  1725,  when  the  de- 
sired evidence  from  Irish  ret^nsters — showing  the 
vakie  of  such  records — had  arrived  : 

"  This  Meeting  has  received  an  account  from  y" 
Mens  Meeting  In  Ireland  held  at  James  Moores 
Sen'  In  y'  County  of  Antrim  Concerning  y'  Age  of 
Wm.  Lowden  which  account  is  Satisfaction  to  John 
Smith  &  William  Lowden  &  to  this  Meeting  Also, 

A  Coppy  whereof  here  followeth, 

Uo  fri^:n^6  of  y'  Monthly  Meeting  held  at  New  Garden  In  Chester 
County  in  y'  Province  of  pensilvania  In  America, 

S>carls  beloved  friends  &  brethren  In  y  fellowship  of  y"  gospell  &  unity 
of  y'^  Church  in  our  Lord  jesus  Christ  do  we  brotherly  Salute  you  w'  fervent 
desires  for  your  growth  prosperity  and  Establishment  in  y'  blessed  truth, 
wherein  we  give  you  an  Acco^  y'  we  read  y°  Letter  from  Eli  Crokett  dated 
y"  6  :  y  12"'  day  1724  Directed  to  James  More  SenT  &  Jun^  giving  an 
Account  of  Strife  y'  hath  hapened  In  relation  to  y'  age  of  Willi.im  Lowden 
desireing  a  Certificate  Signed  by  our  Mens  Meeting  In  determination 
thereof,  Therefore  pursuant  to  y  Said  Advice  we  y'  After  named  Sub- 
scribers do  hereby  Certifie  you  y'  y'  register  book  of  y"  Grange  Meeting  was 
brought  to  our  Mens  Meeting  &  Every  Individual!  &  particular  person 
Subscribing  to  this  Certificate  did  there  read  &  find  y"  following  Account 
upon  record  (viz. )  William  I.owdon  Son  of  John  I.owdon  was  born  y  10'* 
of  y*  9  :  1703  &  we  do  further  Certifie  y^  we  believe  y"  Same  to  be  true 
Signed  In  behalf  of  our  Mens  Meeting  held  at  James  Moores  Sen'  this 
2l«of  y  <)l^:   1724 

John  ""'Ranclls  I!enj°  Boyd  James  Dean 

Thomas  Krwin  Allex^    Dean  William  Moore 

James  Moore  Jim'         James  Moore  James  Istariot 

Samucll  Willkison         Lewis  Refnrd  ffrancis  Willkinson 

William  Willkinson       Wm  Robinson 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  231 

I  Mo.  12,  1725-6,  "The  Matter  of  Difference 
y'  have  been  between  John  Smith  &  William 
Lowden  is  Knded  to  y'  Satisfaction  of  friends  The 
S^  William  havinij  oiven  Satisfaction  w''''  is  as 
followeth 

To  y°  Monthly  Meeting  of  New  Garden  to  be  held  att  New  Garden  y" 
la""  of  y'  i"  mo*  1725-6  Dear  friends  whereas  Some  time  Ago,  there  was 
a  Difference  happened  between  my  Master  John  Smith  &  My  Self  about 
what  time  I  was  to  be  free  from  his  Servitude,  &  I  hearkening  to  Much  to 
y'  Affirmations  &  presentations  of  others,  though  Contiary  to  y"'  Credible 
Accounts  y'  came  from  friends,  as  taken  out  of  y'  register  book  for  births 
belonging  to  y"  Grange  Meeting  in  Ireland  y'  placeof  my  birth  did  put  my 
S''  Master  &  other  friends  to  great  Exercise  &  trouble  as  also  y'  I  refused 
to  Stand  to  y'  friends  Judgment  y'  was  Appointed  by  y"  Meeting  to  Deter- 
mine y'  Difference  for  all  which  I  do  hereby  Ackcowledge  my  Self  to  blame 
and  desire  this  Meeting  to  Accept  thereof  promising  by  y'  Lord's  Assist- 
ance to  be  So  careful!  for  y"  time  to  come  as  no  More  to  give  friends  any 
Occasion  against  me  for  I  Desire  to  Live  y"^  rest  of  my  dayes  in  unity  w' 

friends. 

William  Lowden. 

The  records  show  that  during  the  several  wars  Military 
in  which  the  Province  was  involved,  not  a  few  •'^'^''*" 
Friends  departed  from  their  peace  principles  and 
enlisted  as  soldiers.  In  the  period  of  the  French 
and  Indian  war,  we  have  an  instance  in  the  War- 
rington minutes.  i  Mo.  17,  1756,  "  Menallen 
Meeting  informs  this  meeting  that  John  Black- 
burn [an  Irish  Friend,  sometime  Judge  of  York 
County]  and  John  Pope,  at  a  report  of  Indians 
doincj  mischief  at  a  OTeat  distance  from  them  went 
out  in  a  warlike  manner  to  meet  them  Contrary  to 
our  Peaceable  principles."  For  this  breach  of 
discipline    the    offenders    finally    expressed  their 


232         Imniigratio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

sorrow  and  were  continued  in  membership.  Widi 
the  opening  of  the  Revolution,  however,  Judge 
Blackburn  was  reported  to  the  Monthly  Meeting, 
2  Mo.  10,  1776,  as  having  "  inlisted  as  a  soldier" 
and  was  subsequently  disowned.  Other  members 
of  the  same  family  also  joined  the  American  ranks. 
6  Mo.  7,  1777,  Joseph  Blackburn  "hath  Knlisted 
to  be  a  soldier."  7  Mo.  12,  1777,  Thomas  Black- 
burn, Jr.,  and  Anthony  Blackburn,  jr.,  have  "as- 
sociated or  joined  in  the  Military  Exercises." 

As  President  Sharpless  points  out  in  his  valu- 
able monograph,'  the  Society  of  Friends  in  the 
struggle  for  independence  took  a  neutral  position 
and  stood  firmly  by  their  testimony  against  war. 
They  were  "friends  of  liberty,  but  opposed  to 
war,  desirous  of  maintaining  their  civil  rights,  but 
by  other  means  than  illegality  and  revolution,  and 
unwilling  to  afford  aid  to  the  British  ;  divided  in 
their  sympathies,  but  largely  united  in  the  stand 
that  they  could  take  no  part  in  the  strife  of  the 
day.  .  .  .  When  war  and  revolution  became  in- 
evitable .  .  .  they  issued  a  declaration  of  neu- 
trality.^ They  were  neither  Tories  nor  revolu- 
tionists." In  considering  the  question  of  Quaker 
sympathies  in  the  conllict,  the  author  con- 
tinues :  "  About  four  hundred,  perhaps,  actively 
espoused  the  American  side  by  joining  the  army, 

'  The  Quakers  in   the  Revolution. 
^  Ibid.,  Preface. 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Frietids  233 

accepting  positions  under  tlie  revolutionary  gov- 
ernment, or  taking  an  affirmation  of  allegiance  to 
it,  and  lost  their  birthright  among  Friends  as  a 
result.  Perhaps  a  score  in  a  similar  way  openly 
espoused  the  British  cause,  and  also  were  disowned 
by  their  brethren.  These  members  very  likely  rep- 
resented proportions  of  silent  sympathizers."  ^ 

The  Revolutionar}'  government  of  Pennsylvania  Revointion- 
was  resolved  that  if  the  Quakers  and  other  non-  '"'-^'^".'^" 

~  and  I'lnes 

combatants  would  not  fight  they  should  at  least 
pay  the  expenses  of  those  who  did.  The  Friends 
accordingly  were  ordered  to  pay  heavy  war  taxes. 
This,  however,  they  refused  to  do  on  the  ground 
that  they  could  not  consistently  contribute  to  the 
support  of  war,  and  those  members  who  obeyed 
were  dealt  with  by  the  meeting.  Thereupon,  the 
tax  collectors  seized  the  property  of  Friends  to 
the  value  of  the  taxes  and  the  fines  imposed  for 
non-compliance.  An  example  of  such  exactions, 
covering  the  period  1 778-1 790,  is  recorded  by 
George  McMillan,  an  Irish  Friend,  of  York 
County,  in  his  manuscript  account  book,  and  it  is 
of  such  interest  that  I  venture  to  print  it  in  full : 

On  the  22'"'  of  i"'  mo  1778  btwen  one  and  two  oclock  in  the  after-    George  Mc- 
noon  Came  henry  I^ewis  James  Perkeson  and  John  Witherow  to  my  hous    Millan's 
and  Lewis  told  me  he  had  an  Execution  for  me  for  substotuk  money  telling    Fines 
he  would  teak  my  horses  If  I  did  not  Pay  him  Producing   an  Execution 
bearing  deal  22  of  1st  mo  1778  for  100  doUers  with  Cost  and  Cost  acruing 
for  Substetut  money  aledged  to  be  Laid  out  for  me  the  while  I  refused  to 
Pay  he  Saised  on  2  of  my  horses  and  bore  them  of  for  Sail,  which  was 

'  Sharpless,  The  Quakers  in  the  Revolution,  204-5. 


2  34         Irmnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

done  26  of  Instant  January  and  one  sold  the  other  Returned  worth  £T,a 
silver  money 

the  —  day  6  month  1778  Came  James  I'argeson  and  John  Moody  to  my 
hous  and  asked  me  for  old  or  Provence  tax  of  i  -2-6.  And  then  Sarched 
my  drawers  and  took  3  Pound  ten  Shillings  Without  Giveng  the  Reazen 
how  it  came  to  be  So  much 

on  the  —  day  of  the  3  month  1779  Came  John  moody  and  opened  my 
Desk  in  my  absence  and  took  for  a  steat  lax  ^5  a  muster  fin  jf3-I2s  and 
an  Inden  Subtetut  fine  £,i,  Demanded  took  the  Lick  Sum  of  Congress 
money  and  again  on  the  —  day  of  1 1  month  1779  the  Saim  moody  Came  and 

Searched  as  Before  and  found  37  dolers  and (?)  of  Congress  and 

took  it  in  my  absence  for  a  tax  ^9  and  some  other  demands  (6d  per  doller 

on  the  18  day  of  4  mo  17S0  Came  John  may  to  my  house  [I  being  in 
the  field  at  work]  went  into  my  Roome  Serched  my  desk  and  took  ;^95 
19s  9d  of  Congress  money  and  then  went  to  the  Loft  to  seize  on  wheat, 
and  on  27  of  5  mo  he  came  ocompaned  by  d  m°curdy  S  henderson  and  2 
Persons  more  and  took  12  li:  of:  wheat  for  a  Demand  of  tax  and  4  fold 
reat  ■'  id  Per  doller 

On  the  28"'  of  12  mo  1780  Came  thomas  Shanks  Searched  my  Drawers 
and  took  74  dollars  Demanded  for  the  7  mo  Volenteers  (worth  I  Per  doller 

on  24  of  I  mo  1 78 1  Came  James  Gray,  opened  my  drawers  and  took 
76-8-3d  of  conantal  Corancey  and  Lcved  on  a  Stack  of  hay  for  a  demand 
of  224  Pound  for  a  4  months  tax  and  on  the  26  of  the  2°''  mo  took  and 
bore  away  a  Stack  of  hay  worth  6  ])ound 

on  the  14  of  3''  mo  Came  william  Potter  with  a  Guard  and  in  a  rude 
manner  Executed  my  bodey  or  tJoods  Serched  my  hous  took  and  bore 
away  £,(1^  for  a  tax  Demanded  for  the  Place  in  manahan  4^;^^  ( I  d  per  doler 

on  thcl7''  of  3  mo  Came  John  moodey  Serched  my  Drawers  took  and 
bear  away  ;^8l-2s-6d  and  on  the  9  of  5  mo  following  Came  Acompaned 
by  J.  perkinson  and  Seized  on  wheat  and  on  the  14  Instant  came  Said 
moodey  a  J  p  with  a  waggen  and  bear  of  15  of  wheat  Said  to  be  for  2 
taxes  amounting  to  Czii^  ^^^  '^  be  sold  at  76^^  dollers  Per  bushel 

"  On  20"*  of  6  mo  1782  Came  John  may  and  opned  my  desk  drawer 
found  my  Pocket  book  and  took  twenty  dollers  silver  a  guiney  and  half  of 
gold  and  40  S  of  stat  corancey  and  on  29  of  7  mo  following  in  Lick  maner 
and  took  7  dallcrs  for  a  demand  of  3  taxees  and  a  draft  tax  of  39  shillings. 

On  —  day  of  8  month  1782  Came  John  Cane  and  in  a  forcible  and  Law- 
less maner  took  3  bushels  of  wheat  demanded  for  a  class  tax  for  the  Place 
in  Managhan 

March  27-1783  Came  a  Son  of  tho  Shank  Serched  my  desk  and  took 
one  Pound  five  Shillings  and  three  Pence  demanded  for  a  muster  fine — 


Social  Life  of  the  Irish  Friends  235 

Coart  week — day  of  April  1783  Came  Samuel  Moodey  acompaned  By 
andrew  Roos  and  his  waggon  and  took  20  bushels  of  wheat  for  a  demand 
which  John  Moodey  maid  for  a  4  months  tax — 

On  15  of  imo  1784  Came  James  Perkinson  and  John  may  Searched 
my  hous  found  a  pocket  book  and  took  18  dollers  and  2  Crowns  for  a  lax 
demanded 

on  12  of  5  mo  1784  Came  James  Perkinson  and  James  fegan  and  maid 
Search  for  and  found  money  in  the  Desk  drawer  ^£  and  7s.  6d  for  a  tax 
demanded 

1783  feb  Samuel  Nelson  colector  for  manahan  Sold  and  bear  off  10  b 
of  wheat  and  15  of  rye  for  a  demand  of  3^  tax 

1783  About  christmus  Daniel  williams  and  Caused  my  Grean  to  be 
thrashed  in  manahan  with  Great  weast  and  Sold  and  bore  away  15  bushels 
of  rye — 10  of  wheat  and  5  of  Spels  Sold  all  for  4'-!''  per  bushel  6-2-6  for 
a  tax  of  about  4-17-0 

3  mo  1784  Came  yong  Shank  and  opened  my  drawer  and  took  and 
bore  off  —  4  dollers  for  a  muster  fine  demand  of  1-8-0 

12  mo  1784  Daniel  McCurdey  went  to  William  Michels  and  Saized  on 
and  took  Eight  Dollers  of  my  money  for  a  tax  in  manachan 

12  mo  1785  Came  George  Elly  and  Serched  the  desk  and  took  3-00-0 

Also  a  ross 1-6-0 

Jan  1790  Came  John  may  and  took 2  l9  7 

But  little  data  on  early  schools  attended  by  schools 
Irish  Friends  have  been  gleaned,  but  the  evidence  ^"^^^ 
indicates  that  from  the  earliest  days  of  the  Colony 
provision  of  some  sort  was  made  for  education  in 
nearly  all  Quaker  neighborhoods.  In  1725,  Parke 
mentions  an  Irish  Quaker  pedagogue.  "  Unkle 
Nicholas  Hooper,"  he  writes,  "lives  very  well  he 
rents  a  Plantation  &  teaches  School  &  his  man 
dos  his  Plantation  work." 

Reading  matter  in  the  country  districts  was 
confined  chiefly  to  the  Bible  and  Friends'  books. 
Among  the  most  popular  of  such  works  was 


236        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


" — painful  Sewel's  ancient  lome 
Beloved  in  every  Quaker  home." 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  3  Mo.  6,  1721, 
"  The  following-  friends  have  Subscribed  To  Take 
The  following  Books  beeing  a  history  of  The  Rise 
&  Progress  of  Truth  Composed  by  William 
Sewell  : 


Caleb  Pusey  i 
James  Lindley  I 
Jeremiah  Starr        "i 
James  Starr  \ 

Michael  Lightfoot  ) 
Jeremiah  Brown  I 
Simon  Hadley  1 
Andrew  Job  I 
Henry  Reynolds  I 


Thomas  Lightfoot  I 

Daniel  Worsley  I 

James  Miller  of  Kenit  I 

William  Brown  Sen'  I 

Samuel  Littler  I 

Joseph  Haines  I 

Thomas  Jackson  of  Marlborough  I 

John  Churchman  I 

William  Beals  I 


For  y"  Monthly  Meeting  4.' ' 


Nearly  all  the  inventories  of  the  period  contain 
the  item  of  books.  In  1751  the  inventor)' of  Wil- 
liam Pim,  of  P2ast  Cain,  Chester  County,  included 
the  following  :  "  To  a  number  of  Books,  8  s.  3  d  ; 
To  a  Large  Bible,  2  s.  10  d  ;  To  Sewels  History, 
16  s  ;    To  Crisps  Sermons  &  banks  Journal,  8  s." 


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James  Logan 

The  Irish  Quaker  Governor  of  Pennsylvania 


CHAPTER    III. 

SOME    PROMINENT    IRISH    FRIENDS    OF    PENNSYLVANIA 

THE  most  eminent  of  the  Irish  Friends  and  James 
one  of  the  most  important  personages  of 
the  Province,  was  James  Logan,  the  faith- 
ful friend  and  efficient  secretary  and  agent  of  the 
Proprietor,  William  Penn.  He  was  born  of 
Scotch  parentage,  8  Mo.  (October)  20,  1674,  at 
Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  Ireland.^  His  father, 
Patrick  Logan,  a  native  of  East  Lothian,  Scot- 
land, whose  ancestry  has  not  yet  been  satisfac- 
torily determined,  was  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh,  with  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,^  and  became  a  clergyman  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church,  serving  for  a  time  as  chaplain  to 
Lord  Belhaven  '■' ;  but  later  he  joined  the  Society 
of  Friends  and  removed  with  his  family  to 
Lurgan,  where  he  took  charge  of  a  Latin  school. 


'^(z/^My 


'  Penn  and  Logan  Correspondence,  I.,  liii.,  Memoirs  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Vol.  IX. 

^  Proud,  \.,  ^^z. 

'Keith,  Provincial  Councillors  of  Pennsylvania,  5. 

237 


2  38 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


His  Auto- 
biography 


Anctitry 


Kditcation 
and  Appren- 
ticeship 

The  Family 
Flees  to  Scot- 
land, 16S9 

His  Father 
Teaches 
Friends' 
School  at 
Bristol 


About  all  that  is  known  of  James  Logan's  early 
life  is  contained  in  his  aiitobiojrraphy,  which,  as  it 
has  never  been  published — so  far  as  I  can  learn — 
is  here  printed  in  its  entirety : 

My  Father  was  bom  in  E  Lotbain  in  Scotland :  was  educated  for  the 
^'^"■SXi  ^  ^''^  "  Chaplain  for  some  time ;  but  turning  Quaker,  he  was 
obliged  to  go  to  Ireland  &  to  teach  a  Latin  School  there — Me  had 
several  children,'  of  whom  none  are  now  living,  nor  have  been,  more  than 
tliese  50  years  past,  saving  my  B'  W'"  who  took  his  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Physick  in  Holland — and  is  now  the  chief  Physician  in  Bristol — and  my- 
self— My  Mother  was  Isabel  Hume  D&ugh'  of  James  Hume — a  younger 
Brother  of  the  Mouse  of  St  Leonards,  of  the  Shire  of  Mers  (as  I  think)  in 
the  South  of  Scotland.  He  was  Manager  of  the  I-state  of  the  Karl  of 
Murray — who  owed,  but  never  paid  him  ^^1500  Stcrl.  iho  the  said  Earl 
lodged  for  some  years  in  his  House  in  the  Shire  of  Fife — My  Grandmother, 
before  she  married,  was  lielhia  Dundas,'  Sister  of  the  Laird  of  Dundas,  of 
Didiston,  alx>ut  8  miles  west  of  Edinburgh  a  fine  seat,  and  the  Earl  of 
Murray  assisted  my  Grandfather  in  carrying  off  my  Grandmother — She  was 
nearly  related  to  the  Earl  of  Panmat  [Panmure]  &c. 

Having  learned  Latin,  Greek,  and  some  Hebrew,  before  I  was  13  years 
of  age — in  my  14th  I  was  put  Apprentice  to  a  Linncn  Draper — one  as  con- 
siderable with  his  Partner  as  any  in  Dublin.  But  the  Prince  of  Orange, 
landing  before  I  was  twund  (tho'  I  served  my  Master  6  months)  in  the 
winter  16.S8,  I  went  down  to  my  Parents — and  the  wars  in  Ireland  coming 
on.  In  the  Spring  I  went  over  to  Edinburgh  with  my  Mother — after 
which  my  Father  soon  followed,  who  being  out  of  employment — repair'd 
to  London,  &  was  there  gladly  receiv'd  by  our  friends — Deputies  to  the 
Geni  Meeting  from  Bristol  in  that  City — as  their  schoolmaster ' — for  the 

'  Hannah  Ix>gan,  daughter  of  Patrick  Logan,  of  Lurgan,  died  7  Mo.  15, 
1678,  and  was  interred  in  the  burial  place  at  Monreanerty. — MS.  Lurgan 
Meeting  Records. 

'Isabel,  sister  of  Bethia,  and  daughter  of  William  Maulc  of  Glastcr, 
grandson  of  Lord  Panmure,  married  James  Dundas,  of  Dudingston  in  West 
Lothian.  —  Robert  Douglas,  Peerage  of  S(otland,  p.  544  (Edinburgh,  1764) 
and  Baronage  of  Scotland,  p.  178  (Edinburgh,  1798). 

'In  the  Bristol  Meeting  minutes  of  4  Mo.,  1690,  is  the  following  refer- 
ence to  Patrick,  father  of  James  l^gan  :  "  Paul  Mix)ne  acquaints  this  meet- 
ing that  Patrick   Logan,  a  Friend,  late  of  Ireland,  and  now  at  Ix>ndon — • 


Some  Prominenl  Irish  Friends  239 

I^lin  language,  and  I  followed  him  the  next  year  ;  but  tho'  the  wages 
were  good,  and  well  paid,  he  could  not  brook  the  Mothers  taking  upon 
them  to  direct  his  treatment  of  their  children,  and  thereupon  soon  disliking 
it,  having  ordered  my  Mother  to  return  to  IreP  to  take  care  of  what  they 
had  left  there. 

In   1693  after  above  3  years  stay  there,  pretending  to  go  over  for  my    //,\j  Father 
Mother,'  but  with  a  real  design  never  to  return  He  left  me  in  his  school.    Returns  to 
not  full  19  years  of  age— ordering  me  on  the  receipt  of  his  Letter  Signifying    Ireland  and 
my  Mother  would  not  come  over,  that  I  should  give  up  the  school  &  re-    I^eaves  Son 
turn  to  him.     But  our  Friends  would  not  give  me  up,  I  therefore  continued    *"  (-""''S' <U 
in  the  same  employment  untill  the  peace  of  Reswick  in  1697.  '      " 

In  which  time,  as  I  had  in  Edinburgh  in  my  l6th  year,  happily  met    Studies 
with  a  book  of  the  Leyboms  on  the  Mathematics,  I  made  myself  Master    Mathematics 
of  that,  without  any  manner  of  Instruction,  and  in  the  time  in  which  I  kept    and  the 
school,  I  further  improved  myself  in  the  Greek  looking  a  little  further  into    Languages 
the  Hebrew — I  also  learned  French  &  Italian  with  some  Spanish ;    but 
went  3  mos.  to  P>ench  Master  to  learn  the  Pronunciation,  without  which  I 
was  sensible  I  should  never  be  able  to  speak  it.     But  otherwise  I  never 
paid  one  penny  for  Learning  any  thing  whatsoever,  and  tho'   I  had  my 
course  of  Humanity — as  it  is  called  in    Ireland  from  my  Father,  I    can 
safely  say,  he  never  gave  me  the  least  instruction  whatsoever,  more  than 
he  gave  to  the  other  scholars — 

good  scholar,  and  an  apt  schoolmaster  to  instruct  youth  in  Latin,  &c. ,  is  a 
present  out  of  employment,  and,  upon  some  discourse  of  it  among  Friends 
at  London,  is  in  some  expectation  that  he  may  be  serviceable  to  Friends' 
children  at  Bristol,  upon  consideration  of  which  this  meeting  is  desirous 
to  promote  it,  in  hopes  it  may  be  serviceable  to  our  youth."  In  9  Mo. 
following  the  treasurer  was  desired  to  hand  Patrick  Logan  "  £%o,  and  to 
pay  Jno.  Harwood's  note  of  carpenter's  work  for  the  said  school." — Wil- 
liam Tanner,  Three  Lectures  on  the  Early  History  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
in  Bristol  and  Somersetshire,  London,  1858,  p.  124. 

•At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  2  Mo.  13,  1695,  "Some  Books  being 
brought  To  Patt*  Loagan  Sent  him  from  George  Keeth  &  friends  being 
Sensiblee  of  y"  hurt  which  ensued  if  y'  Said  Books  Should  be  received 
amongst  any  professing  Truth  have  Therefore  Concluded  y'  Said  Books 
Shall  be  viewed  and  Pres"*  [perused]  by  Some  Sencible  friends  and  y« 
Errours  noated  in  y"  margent  and  Then  Sent  back  To  George  Keeth  To 
London  for  prevention  of  his  Sending  any  more  Such  factious  Books  and 
That  a  Letter  be  also  Sent  with  y'  Said  Books  on  behalfe  of  y"  Province 
Meeting  To  George  Keeth." 


240        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Rtfa^es  in  But  to  return  ;  After  the  Peace,  having  first  agreed  in  Bristol,  to  go  over 

Shipping,  with  another  Factor  to  Jamaica,  I  went  over  to  Ireland  to  see  my  Parents '  : 

i6gy  and  having  told  them  my  intention  of  going  over  to  that  Island,  my  Mother 

was  so  averse  to  it,  that  she  affirmed  s!ie  would  much  rather  see  me  dead — 
On  this  I  was  obliged  to  change  my  measures,   &  began  with  a  cargo, 
from  Dublin,  to  enier  on  a  trade  between  that  place  and  Bristol,  which  I 
followed  for  about  8  months. 
Becomes  When  in  the  spring  of  1699,  our  old  Proprietor  [William  Penn]  sent  for 

Penn's  Secre-    me,  and  made  me  his  proposals  to  come  over  to  Penn'  as  his  Secretary,  and 
lary,  1690  desired  me  to  take  time  &  advice  upon  it — Some  of  my  Friends  advised 

me  to  accept,  &  some  others  as  strenuously  against  it ;   but  in  some  few 
days  I  went  over  to  Bath — with  my  fr''  K*  Hackel,  &  accepted  of  it. 
Comes  to  In  8"  1699,  being  then  at  Sea,  in  our  voyage  hither — I  was  25  ys.  of 

Pennsylvania  age — The  Proprietor  continued  here  2  years  wanting  about  5  weeks,  and 
left  me  in  more  offices  that  I  was  fit  to  undertake  &  got  tliro'.  But  had 
I  left  his  whole  business — at  the  time  of  his  departure,  I  might — consider- 
ing my  singular  good  fortune — or  the  kind  Providence  that  has  ever  at- 
tended me — for  which  I  can  never  be  sufficiently  grateful,  I  might  I  say 
with  great  ease  have  doubled  my  present  fortune — &  equaled  what  the 
Prop"  son  Tho'  charged  me  with  having — according  to  an  information  he 
had  rec''  viz  : — £  60,000  but  I  am  fully  content  with  what  I  have  tho'  not 
half  so  much — The  old  Proprietor  was  willing  to  give  me  what  I  would 
ask,  for  my  ten  years  service,  &  considering  his  melancholy  circum- 
stances in  171 1  I  set  it  at  £  lOO  a  year  cur"'  for  all  manner  of  services 
whatsoever,  But  told  him  I  would  stay  in  his  service  no  more  than  2  years 
— liut  he  was  seized  with  an  apoplectic  fit  in  less  than  I  year  which  tied 
me  down  to  his  business,  vastly  it  proved  to  my  loss — as  my  Letters  de- 
signed at  first  for  our  Proprietor  Thos  Penn  fully  demonstrate — ' 

Public  Life  Penn  brought  Logan  to  Pennsylvania  on  his 
second  coming,  in  the  Canterbury,  in  1699,  and 
immediately  plunged  him  into  the  affairs  of  the 

'William  Penn  wrote  to  James  Logan  from  London.  .\  Mo.  21,  1702  : 
"Of  thy  Family. — Thou  ha.sl  heard  of  the  death  of  thy  fatlier  and  marriage 
of  thy  mother  with  one  not  a  Friend  ;  an  exercise  W.  I'd  [William  Kd- 
mundson]  &c  told  me  so  at  our  Yearly  Meeting." — Penn  ami  Logan  Cor- 
respondence, L,  117. 

•From  a  copy  (No.  108)  in  the  Smith   MSS.,  Vol.  I,  1678-1743  (F. 
7287^),  Ridgeway  Branch,  Philadelphia  Library  Company. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  241 

Colony.  Young  Logan  soon  showed  such  marked 
capacity  for  business  and  administration  that  his 
services  became  indispensable,  and  Penn,  on  his 
departure  for  England  in  1701,  not  only  continued 
him  as  Secretary  of  the  Province  but  gave  him  a 
general  charge  both  of  the  government  and 
property,  saying,  "  I  have  left  thee  in  an  uncom- 
mon trust  with  a  singular  dependence  on  thy 
justice  and  care."^ 

The  Proprietor's  confidence  was  not  misplaced  ;  Governor  0/ 
for  though  beset  by  many  troubles  and  vexations,  ^'"''^'""^^ 
Logan  ever  remained  true  to  his  trust,  and  dis- 
charged his  duties  with  fidelity  and  judgment. 
His  life  becoming  more  and  more  occupied  with 
public  affairs,  for  the  next  forty  years  he  was 
always  holding  some  high  office — Commissioner 
of  Property,  member  of  Provincial  Council,  Judge 
of  Common  Pleas,  Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  Chief 
Justice;  and,  in  1736-38,  as  President  of  the 
Provincial  Council,  acting  as  Governor  of  Penn- 
sylvania.'- 

He  became  the  devoted  leader  of  the  Proprie-  Leader  of 
tary  Party  in  the  long  and  bitter  political  conflict  P'oP''^^<^^y 
that  was  waged  after  Penn's  return  to  England, 
and  zealously  guarded    the   Penn    interests  and 
prerogatives  against  what  were  deemed  the  en- 
croachments of  the  Popular  Party  of  the  Assem- 

^ Penn  and  Logan  Corresfondetice,  I.,  59. 

'See  Wilson  Armistead's  Memoirs  of  James  Logan,  London,  1 85 1. 

16 


Relations 
with  the 
Indiaiis 


242         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

bly,  led  by  David  Lloyd,  and  of  the  Church  Party, 
led  by  Colonel  Robert  Ouarr)-.  It  is  true  that  in 
these  earlier  years  of  his  life  Logan  did  at  times 
become  heated  in  partisan  controversy,  to  such  an 
extent  as  to  make  himself  unpopular  ;  but  later  in 
life  he  was  generally  respected  for  his  learning, 
character,  and  ability.  He  remained  a  Friend  all 
his  life,  but  differed  from  the  great  body  of  the 
Society  in  his  belief  in  defensive  war. 

Like  his  friend  Penn,  Logan  knew  how  to  win 
and  keep  the  confidence  of  the  Indians.  It  was 
largely  due  to  him  that  friendship  and  alliance  be- 
tween them  and  the  Province  was  so  long  main- 
tained. He  often  had  them  as  guests  at  Stenton, 
his  beautiful  county-seat,  near  Germantown.  On 
some  occasions,  it  is  said,  there  were  as  many  as 
three  or  four  hundred,  who  would  remain  for  days 
enjoying  the  hospitality  of  the  plantation  ^  The 
high  regard  in  which  he  was  held  by  the  Indians 
was  expressed  by  Cannassetego,  chief  of  the  Onon- 
dagas,  in  a  speech  at  the  making  of  a  treaty  be- 
tween the  Six  Nations  and  Governor  Thomas  and 
the  Council,  at  Philadelphia,  in  July,  1742  : 

Brethren,  we  called  at  our  friend  James  Logan's  on  our  way  to  this  city, 
and  to  our  grief  found  him  hid  in  the  bushes  and  retired  through  infirmities 
from  public  business.  We  pressed  him  to  leave  his  retirement,  and  pre- 
vailed with  him  to  assist  once  more  on  our  account  at  your  council.  He  is 
a  wise  man  and  a  fast  friend  to  the  Indians,  and  we  desire  when  his  soul 
goes  to  God  you  may  choose  in  his  room  just  such  another  person  of  the 


^  Armislead,  1 76. 


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Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  243 

same  prudence  and  ability  in  counseling,  and  of  the  same  tender  disposi- 
tion and  affection  for  the  Indians.' 

It  is  not  only  as  a  statesman  but  also  as  a  man  Literary 
of  letters  and  science  that  James  Logan  is  con-  """'  ^ 
spicuous  in  our  colonial  annals.  The  fortune 
which  he  acquired  in  commerce  and  in  trade  with 
the  Indians  enabled  him  to  spend  his  later  days  in 
scholarly  retirement  at  Stenton,-  in  the  enjoyment 
of  his  library'  and  in  writing.  He  carried  on  an 
extensive  correspondence  with  the  most  learned 
men  of  Europe  and  America,  and  wrote  numerous 

'  Cited  in  Westcott's  Historic  Afansions,  149. 

^  The  picturesque  and  dignified  old  mausion  of  Stenton,  built  by  Logan 
in  172S,  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  examples  of  colonial  architecture  ex- 
tant. Thanks  to  the  loving  zeal  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of  the  Colo- 
nial Dames  of  America,  it  has  recently  been  carefully  restored,  and  under 
their  trusty  guardianship  it  has  been  opened  to  the  public.  The  house, 
still  surrounded  by  ample  grounds  and  reached  by  a  fine  avenue  of  hem- 
locks, is  a  two  story  brick  structure  with  two  great  towering  chimneys  and 
a  heavy  roof  set  with  dormer  windows. 

Passing  up  the  curious  circular  stone  steps,  firmly  clamped  together 
with  iron,  one  enters  the  great  hall,  paved  with  brick  and  wainscoted  to 
the  ceiling.  In  one  corner  is  an  open  fireplace,  and  in  the  rear  the  stately 
double  staircase.  On  either  hand  are  lofty  rooms,  also  handsomely 
wainscoted.  The  large  fireplace  in  the  room  to  the  left  has  in  it  a  back- 
plate  of  iron  inscribed  ''J.  L.  1728."  In  another  room  the  fireplace 
still  retains  some  of  its  original  blue  and  white  Dutch  tiles,  of  most  gro- 
tesque pattern.  One  of  the  most  attractive  rooms  is  the  library,  in  which 
the  book-loving  master  of  the  place  spent  much  of  his  time.  This  is  a  large, 
finely  lighted  apartment,  taking  up  half  of  the  front  of  the  house  in  the  second 
story.  Indeed,  the  ancient  house  is  full  of  delights  for  the  antiquary  and 
the  lover  of  the  olden  time.  From  garret  to  cellar  there  are  all  sorts  of 
quaint  nooks  and  comers,  mysterious  cupboards  and  closets  and  secret 
staircases  ;  and  leading  from  the  cellar  to  the  stables  is  a  long  under- 
ground passage,  the  subject  of  many  a  strange  legend. 


244        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

works,  many  of  which  are  still  imprinted.  His 
letters  and  writings  show  that  there  was  almost  no 
topic  in  science  or  literature  that  he  could  not  dis- 
cuss with  the  scholars  of  his  time.  "  Sometimes 
Hebrew  or  Arabic  characters  and  algebraic  for- 
mulas roughen  the  pages  of  his  letter-books. 
Sometimes  his  letters  convey  a  lively  Greek  ode 
to  a  learned  friend  ;  and  often  they  are  written  in 
the  Latin  tongue."'  His  friend  Linnaeus,  in  com- 
pliment to  his  botanical  knowledge,  named  after 
him  a  natural  order  of  herbs  and  shrubs,  the  Lo- 
ganiacerc,  containing  some  thirty  genera  in  three 
hundred  and  fifty  species.  He  published  Latin 
essays  on  reproduction  in  plants,  and  on  the  aber- 
ration of  light  ;  translated  Cato's  Disticha  and 
Cicero's  De  Sencchite,  and  issued  many  other 
works  which  are  Hsted  in  Joseph  Smith's  monu- 
mental Catalogue  of  Friends  Books}  His  corre- 
spondence with  the  Penn  family,  from  i  700-1 750, 
which  is  a  mine  of  historical  information,  reveals 
his  carefulness  and  intellectual  breadth.  Says 
Professor  Tyler,  "  Occasionally  one  finds  in  it  a 
passage  of  general  discussion,  in  which  the  clear 
brain  and  the  noble  heart  of  the  writer  utter  them- 
selves in  language  of  real  beauty  and  force."'' 

>  J.  F.  Fisher,  in  Spark's  Works  of  Franklin,  VII.,  24-27,  note. 
'See  also  Ilildeljurn's  Issues  of  the  Pennsyhania  Press. 
'Moses  Coit  Tyler,  A  History  of  American    Literature  (New  York, 
1881),  II.,  234. 


So})te  Prominent  Irish  Friends  245 

He  bequeathed  to  the  City  of  Philadelphia  his 
private  library  of  3,000  volumes,  comprising  all 
the  Latin  classics  and  more  than  a  hundred  folios 
in  Greek.  These  books  formed  the  foundation  of 
the  Loganian  Library  which  later  was  included  in 
the  Philadelphia  Library  Company.^ 

"In  personal  appearance,"  says  Watson,^  Personal 
"James  Logan  was  tall  and  well  proportioned, 
with  a  graceful  yet  grave  demeaner.  He  had  a 
good  complexion,  and  was  quite  florid  even  in  old 
age,  nor  did  his  hair,  which  was  brown,  turn  gray 
in  his  decline  of  life,  nor  his  eyes  require  spec- 
tacles. According  to  the  customs  of  the  times, 
he  wore  a  powdered  wig.  His  whole  manner  was 
dignified,  so  as  to  abash  impertinence  ;  yet  he  was 
kind  and  strictly  just  in  all  the  minor  duties  of  ac- 
quaintance and  society."  William  Black,  a  Vir- 
ginia gentleman,  who  visited  Logan  at  Stenton,  in 
1744,  says  of  his  host,  that  he  "  seem'd  to  have 
some  Remains  of  a  handsome  .  .  .  Person  and 
a  Complection  beyond  his  years,  for  he  was  turn'd 
off  70."' 

From  his  correspondence  with  Penn   we  learn   unsuccessful 
of  Logan's    early    disappointment    in    love.     It  '^°'"''^'"f' 
seems  that  he  had  formed  an  attachment  for  Ann 
Shippen,  daughter  of  Edward  Shippen,  the  first 

^  Ar7fiistead,  174-5. 

''■Annals  of  Philatitlphia,  I.,  524. 

^Journal  of  William  Black,  Penn' a  Mag.,  I.,  407. 


246        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  but  the  fair  Ann  was  in- 
clined to  listen  to  the  vows  of  another  suitor, 
Thomas  Story,  the  eminent  minister.  The  prog- 
ress of  the  love  affair  soon  became  the  town-talk, 
and  even  reached  the  cars  of  Penn  in  pjigland.' 
"I  am  anxiously  grieved  for  thy  unhappy  love," 
writes  Penn  to  Losjan,  under  date,  11  IMo.  16, 
I  704-5,  "  for  thy  sake  and  my  own,  for  T.  S.  and 
thy  discord  has  been  of  no  service  here,  any  more 
than  there  ;  and  some  say  that  come  thence  that 
thy  amours  have  so  altered  or  influenced  thee 
that  thou  art  grown  touchy  and  apt  to  give  rough 
and  short  answers,  which  many  call  haughty,  &c. 
I  make  no  judgment,  but  caution  thee,  as  in 
former  letters  to  let  truth  preside  and  bear  imper- 
tinencies  as  patiently  as  thou  canst."-  To  this 
Logan  replied,  12  Mo.  11,  1704-5,  "I  cannot  un- 
derstand that  paragraph  in  tliy  letter  relating  to 
T.  S.  and  myself;  thou  says  our  discord  has  done 
no  more  oood  there  than  here,  and  know  not  who 
carried  the  account  of  it  for  I  wrote  to  none  that  I 
know  but  thyself  in  yber,  1 703.  .  .  .  Before  that 
we  had  lived  eighteen  months  very  good  friends, 
without  any  manner  of  provocation,  only  that  I 
had  about  three  or  four  months  before  spoke 
something  to  Edward  Shippen.  .   .   ."^ 

'  See  Thomson  Wescott's  Historic  Mansions  of  Philadelphia  (Pbiladel- 
phia,  1895),  144-5. 

'Penn  and  Logan  Correspondence,  I.,  35S. 
»/*(■</.,  I.,  367. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  friends  247 

In  the  following  year  Ann  Shippen  and  Thomas 
Stor)'  were  married,  and  Logan  seems  to  have 
become  reconciled  to  the  match.  He  wrote  to 
William  Penn,  Jr.,  August  12,  1706.  "Thomas 
Story  carries  very  well  since  his  marriage.  He 
and  I  are  very  great  friends,  for  I  think  the  whole 
business  is  not  now  worth  a  quarrel."^  In  the 
course  of  time  he  recovered  from  his  disappoint- 
ment, and  on  the  9th  of  10  Mo.,  1714,  was  happily  Marriage 
married  to  Sarah  Read,  daughter  of  Charles 
Read,  a  wealthy  merchant  of  the  City,  sometime 
Mayor  and  Provincial  Councilor.-' 

James  Logan  died  10  Mo.  31,  1751,  in  his  ^"^"' 
seventy-seventh  year,  and  was  interred  in  Friends' 
burial  ground  at  Fourth  and  Arch  Streets,  Phila- 
delphia. Of  his  children,  Sarah  married,  in  1739, 
Isaac  Xorris  ;  William  Logan,  who  married  Han- 
nah Emlen,*  serv^ed  as  Provincial  Councilor,  1 747- 
1776^;  and  Hannah  married  John  Smith,^  of  the 
scholarly  Smiths  of  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  an- 
cestor of  John  Jay  Smith,  for  many  years  at  the 
head  of  the  Philadelphia  Library  Company.' 

Of  the  Irish  Friends  following  closely  after 
James  Logan  in  the  order  of  prominence,  is  Cap- 

^Penn  and  Lo^n  Correspondencf,  II.,  158. 

*  Westcott,  Historic  Mansions,  146. 

'  See  Tht  Burlington  Smiths,  by  R.  Morris  Smith. 

*  Penna.  Archivis,  2nd  Series,  IX.,  624. 

5  For  a  genealogical  account  of  the  Logan  family  see  Keith's  Provincial 
Councillors  of  Pennsylvania  and  Memoir  of  Dr.  George  Logan  of  Stenton, 
(issued  by  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  1899). 


24S         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Thomas       tain  Tliomas  Holme,  Surveyor-General  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  Provincial  Councilor.'  He  was  born  in 

1624;  although  a  great 
part  of  his  life  was  spent 
in  Ireland,  his  biogra- 
I)her,  Oliver  Hough, 
thinks  there  is  little  doubt  that  his  birthplace  is  in 
England,  possibly  in  Yorkshire.  He  is  styled 
"  gentleman,"  and  evidently  came  of  good  family, 
probably  from  a  younger  branch  of  the  family  of 
Holme  of  Huntington,  in  Yorkshire,  as  he  used 
an  armorial  seal  on  his  official  papers,  correspond- 
ing with  the  arms  -  of  this  family. 
In  Ireland  Thomas  Holme  was  residine  in  Limerick,  Ire- 
land,  in  1655,  for  it  is  stated  in  A  CoMrKNDious 
VIEW  Of  Some  Plxtraordinary  SUFFERINGS  Of 
the  .  .  .  QUAKERS  .  .  .  In  .  .  .  Ireland,  etc.,^ 
that  in  1655,  James  Sicklemore,  one  of  the  early 
converts  made  by  Elizabeth  Fletcher  and  Eliza- 
beth Smith  "  being  peacably  in  Thomas  Holme's 
House  in  Limerick,  was  seized  on  with  a  Guard 

'  For  helpful  suggestions  and  ni.iny  of  the  facts  used  in  this  sketch  of 
Tbomas  Holme  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Oliver  Hough's  carefully  prepared 
biography  of  him  in  l\niia.  Magazine,  XIX.,  413-427;  XX.  128-131, 
248-256. 

*The  arms  are  described  in  ISurke's  General  Armory  t^s:  ".Vrgent,  a 
chrevon  azure,  between  three  chaplets  gules."  Mr.  Hough  says  that  the 
shield  on  Thomas  Holme's  seal  is  the  same,  surrounded  by  a  bordure  with 
ten  roundels,  the  bordure  being  used  to  distinguish  the  branch  of  the 
family. 

3  Dublin  :  Printed  by  and  for  Samuel  Fuller,  at  the  Globe  in  Meath- 
Streel,  ITXl. 


Some  Protninent  Irish  Friends  249 

of  Soldiers,  and  committed  to  Prison  and  banished 
the  City  by  Order  of  Colonel  Ingoldsby."^ 

In  1657,  Thomas  Holme  and  others,  "being 
peaceably  in  their  F"riends  House  in  Cashel,  and 
their  Horses  at  an  Inn,  as  travelling  Men,  were 
apprehended  by  a  Guard  of  Soldiers,  in  the  Year 
1657,  by  Order  of  Colonel  Richard  Le  Hunt,  and 
being  brought  before  him  and  examined,  were  vio- 
lently (by  Soldiers)  turned  out  of  the  Town,  and 
the  Gates  kept  against  them  though  it  was  near 
Night,  and  a  dangerous  Time  for  Englishmen  to 
lie  out  of  Garrison,  because  of  the  Tories  or  Rob- 
bers, and  thereby  exposed  to  the  Hazard  of  their 

L)  .    o 
ives.    - 

In  1659,  he  and  fifty-two  others  published  an  ad- 
dress to  Parliament  recitino-  "  the  Cruel  and  Un- 

O 

just  Sufferings  of  the  People  of  God  in  the  Na- 
tion of  Ireland  Called  Quakers."  This  pamphlet^ 
relates  that  "  Thomas  Holme  (late  a  Captain  in  the 
Army)  .  .  .  and  several  of  the  Lords  people,  be- 
ing in  a  peaceable  meeting  at  Wexford  had  their 
meeting  forcibly  broken  and  many  of  them  vio- 
lently haled  and  turned  out  of  the  Town,  by  order 
from  Edward  Withers  Mayor  then."  It  may  rea- 
sonably be  presumed  from  this  account  that 
Thomas  Holme  came  into  Ireland  as  a  member  of 

^  A  Compendious  J'u7i',  etc.,  51. 
^/i,W.,  S3. 

2  London,  Printed  for  Thomas  Simmons  at  the  Bull  and  Mouth,  near 
Aldersgate,  1659. 


250        Immigration  of  tlic  Irish  Quakers 

the  New  Model,  and  in  the  Cromwellian  Settle- 
ment doubtless  received  his  allotment  (if  land 
alontj  with  his  fellow  officers. 

He  became  one  of  the  earliest  converts  to 
Quakerism  in  the  Island,  and  about  the  time  of 
the  issue  of  the  address  of  1659  was  livino-  in 
Limerick,  for  it  is  stated  that  a  guard  of  soldiers 
from  Colonel  Ing-oldesby,  Governor  of  the  town, 
"  rifled  the  houses  of  Richard  Piercy  and  Thomas 
Holme,  and  took  awaj-  what  books  and  papers 
they  pleased."  At  a  later  date  he  was  residing 
in  Waterford,  but  probably  held  propert}'  in  Wex- 
ford. He  seems  to  have  travelled  extensively 
over  the  central  and  southern  parts  of  the  countiy, 
attending  meetings  of  the  Society.  At  Cashell,  as 
related  in  the  j)amphlet,  he,  Thomas  Loe,  and 
others,  being  "  on  their  Journey  "  were  brought 
before  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  town,  who  com- 
manded his  soldiers  "(violently)  to  turne  them  out 
of  the  town  and  to  cut  their  pates ;  three  of  them 
were  not  suffered  to  go  into  the  town  again  for 
their  horses." 

In  1660,^  and  also  in  1661,'-  Thomas  Holme 
and  other  Friends  were  taken  from  meetings  in 
Dublin  and  committed  to  Newgate  prison  by  order 
of  the  Mayor  of  the  City.  In  1672,  he  and  Abra- 
ham Duller,  of  Ireland,  published  "A  Brief  Rela- 

^Besse,  II.,  466. 
2 /«,/.,  II.,  471. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  2  5 1 

tion  of  some  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  True  Christ- 
ians, the  People  of  God  (called  in  scorn  Quakers) 
in  Ireland  for  these  last  11  years,  viz.  from  1660 
until  1 67 1.  Collected  by  T.  H.  and  A.  F."  '  On 
page  44  we  have  seen  how  in  1673,  Holme  lost 
^200  on  account  of  his  scruples  against  taking  an 
oath  in  court.  In  1676,  "Thomas  Holme  of  Kil- 
bride Parish  [County  We.xford]  had  taken  from 
him  for  Tithe,  bv  Garret  CavenaMi  Tithmontrer," 
wheat,  barley,  and  oats,  valued  at  £\.  5s.;-  at 
another  time  in  the  same  year  the  "Priest"  of 
Stephen's  Parish,  County  Waterford,  seized  his 
"Warming-pan,"  worth  los.,  for  a  tithe  of  5s. ^. 
Thomas  Holme  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  Irish  <^<""""^- 

.  .        .  .  ,      stoned 

Friends  to  take  an  active  interest  in  W  illiam  Penn  s  surveyor- 
proposed  colony  of  Pennsylvania ;  he  was  a  First  ^"^^'''^^  °f 
Purchaser,  having  acquired  the  title  to  5,000  acres,*  vania 
and  also  became  a  member  of  the  Free  Society  of 

'  In  1731,  there  was  printed  a  work  called  "  A  Compendious  VIEW  of 
Some  Extraordinary  Sufferings  of  the  People  cali'd  Quakers  both  in 
person  and  Substance  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland,  from  the  year  1655 
to  the  End  of  the  Reign  of  King  GEORG^;  the  First.  In  Three  Parts.  I. 
Contains  the  true  Grounds  and  Reasons  of  their  Consciencious  Dissent  from 
other  Religious  Denominations  in  Sundry  Particulars, — By  A.  Fuller  and 
T.  Holmes,  Anno  1671.  2.  Contains  Manifold  Examples  of  their  grevious 
Sufterings  under  Oliver  Cromuyl!  and  the  Reign  of  King  Charles  the  lid  for 
the  aforesaid  Reasons.  III.  Is  a  Brief  Synopsis  of  the  Number  of  Prison- 
ers," &c. 

Dublin:  Printed  by  and  for  Samuel  Fuller,  at  the  Globe  in  Meath- 
street.     8  vo.  1 73 1. 

2  William  Stockdale's  A  Great  Cry  0/  Oppression,  71. 

^  Ibid.,  73. 

•Hazard's  Annals  of  Pennsylvania,  641. 


252         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Traders,  subscribing-  for  £z,o  of  stock.'  On  April 
18,  1682,  Penn  appointed  him  Surveyor-General 
of  the  Province.     The  commission  reads: 

I,  the  said  William  Penn,  reposing  special  confidence  in  the  integrity 
and  ability  of  my  loving  friend,  Captain  Thomas  Holme,  of  the  city  of 
Waterford,  in  the  kingdom  of  Ireland,  do  by  these  presents  elect,  empower, 
and  establish  him,  the  said  Thomas  Holme,  in  the  office,  trust,  and  em- 
ployment of  surveyor-general  of  the  said  province  of  Pennsylvania,  for  and 
during  his  natural  life,  he  behaving  himself  honestly  and  faithfully  in  the 
said  oRice.^ 

Sails  for  the       Captain  Holme  sailed  for  Pennsylvania  in  the 

Province  .      .  i-iirir^  a-i 

Amity,  which  leit  the  Downs  April  23,  1682, 
bringing  with  him  his  family  and  John  Claypoole, 
an  assistant  surveyor.  James  Claypoole,  the  father 
of  John,  wrote  from  London  to  his  brother,  on  the 
30th,  "I  have  been  at  Gravesend  with  My  son 
John,  who  has  gone  per  thev4;;«'/j',  Richard  Dimond, 
Master,  for  Pennsylvania,  to  be  assistant  to  the 
general  surveyor,  whose  name  is  Thomas  Holmes, 
a  very  honest,  ingenious,  worthy  man."^ 

The  Surveyor-General  and  his  family  arrived  in 
Pennsylvania  late  in  June''  and  made  their  resi- 
dence at  Shackamaxon,  staying  for  a  time  at  the 

'  Penna.  Mag.,  XI.,  iSo.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  in 
London  May  29,  1682,  he  was  appointed  on  a  committee  of  twelve  to  re- 
side in  Pennsylvania. — Hazard,  576. 

^Hazanl,  555. 

'Hough  in  Penna.  Mat;.,  XIX.,  417-41S  ;  Claypoole's  Letter-book 
(MS.  in  collection  of  Hist.  Soc.  of  Penna.;  extracts  are  printed  in  Penna. 
Mag.,  X.,  188-202,  267-282,  401-413),  cited  by  Hazard,  55S. 

<  Hough  in  Penna.  Mag.,  XI.X  ,  417  ;   Hazard,  55S. 

5  Hazard's  Annals  0/ Pennsylvania ,  577  ;  Stone  in  li'insor.  III.,  481  ; 
H.  M.  Jenkins,  Philadelphia,  I.,  31. 


Some  Proviincni  Irish  Friends  253 

house  of  Thomas  Fairman,  who  in  this  year  sent 
a  bill  of  charges  to  William  Penn  for  lodging  Cap- 
tain Holme  and  his  two  sons  and  two  dauo-hters.^ 

o 

Holme  brought  a  friendly  letter  from  Penn  to  the 
Indians,  which  says  of  Holme  himself,  "The 
man  which  delivers  this  unto  you,  is  my  Special 
ffriend,  Sober,  wise  and  Loving,  you  may  believe 
him."  He  made  a  memorandum  on  the  letter, 
"I  read  this  to  the  Indians  by  an  Interpreter  6  mo 
1682— Tho  Holme."2 

Holme  at  once  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his  ^^y^  Out 

^f.  ,  ,  .      ,         .  ,        ,  Philadelphia 

omce,  and  was  much  occupied  with  the  country 
purchasers  and  surveys  of  their  land.  At  the 
same  time  he  was  also  acting  with  the  commis- 
sioners in  the  development  of  plans  for  the  City 
of  Philadelphia,  the  site  of  which,  no  doubt,  had 
been  selected  before  his  arrival.  After  Penn  had 
come  to  a  decision  as  to  the  final  plan.  Holme 
laid  out  the  city  in  much  the  same  form  as  we 
know  it  to-day.  "A  Portraiture  of  the  City  of 
Philadelphia,"  drawn  up  by  him  and  printed  in  a 
book'  published  in  London  in  1683,  is  the  earliest 

'  Hough  in  Penna.  Mag.,  XIX.,  418. 

2 See  facsimile  of  letter,  Penna.  Mag.,  XIX.,  413. 

^  A  Letter  f'om  IVilliam  Penn  Propnetary  and  Governor  of  Pennsyl- 
vania In  America,  to  the  Committee  of  the  Free  Society  of  Traders  of  the 
Province,  residing  in  London,  etc.  To  which  is  Added,  An  Account  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia  Newly  laid  out  Its  Scituation  between  two  Navigable 
Rivers,  Delaware  and  Skulkill  with  a  Portraiture  or  Plal-form  thereof, 
etc.  "  Printed  and  sold  by  Andrew  Sowle,  at  the  Crooked-Billet,  in  the 
Halloway-Lane,  in  Shoreditch,  and  at  several  stationers  in  London, 
1683." 


2  54         Immigyatioit  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

map    of    Pennsylvania    under    the-    dominion    of 
Penn.' 
Hoime^s  Map       j^jg  ^^g  followed  in  168?  or  1688,-  by  his  best 

of  Penmyl.  a/t  r      1  x  1 

vania  known   work,    a    large    "  Map  of    the   Improved 

Part  of  the  Province  of  Pennsilvania  in  America 
Begun  by  Wil :  Penn  Proprietary  &  Governor 
thereof  Anno  1681."  It  has  a  subheadinij-,  "A 
Map  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  Containing 
the  three  Countyes  of  Chester  Philadelphia  & 
Pucks  as  far  as  yet  surveyed  and  laid  out,  the  di- 
visions or  distinctions  made  by  the  coullers  re- 
spect the  settlements  by  way  of  townships.  By 
Thos.  Holme,  Survey"  GenI"''  This  is  the  most 
important  of  all  the  early  maps,  and  it  is  of  par- 
ticular interest  as  showing  the  settled  portion  of 
the  Province  and  the  lands  seated,  with  the  own- 
er's name  on  each  tract.' 
Worko/thc       '\\\{^  Surveyor-General   had   deputies   in    each 

Surveyor-  '  ...  ,     , 

General       county,  whose  returns  were  made  to  hmi ;  and  the 

A  part  of  this  work  is  a  description  of  the  city  by  Holme,  under  the 
heading,  "  .\  short  advertisement  upon  the  situation  and  extent  of  the  city 
of  Philadelphia  and  the  Ensuing  platform  thereof,  by  the  Surveyor 
General."  This  map  of  the  city,  however,  did  not  remain  in  efi'ect,  for  as 
early  as  1 684,  a  number  of  changes  in  the  arrangements  of  streets,  etc., 
had  been  made. — Hough,  in  Pemia.  Afag.  XIX.,  420-I. 

'Stone  in  Winsor,  III.,  481,  516;  Jenkins,  Philadelphia,  \.,  ^i; 
Sbarpless,   Trcfl  Cnttitrifs  0/  Pt'nnsyh'ania  Iliitory,  46-47. 

'Hough  in  Poina.  Mag.,  XIX.,  423-425. 

^It  was  "Sold  by  Robert  Greene  at  the  Kose  &  Crown  in  Budgrow, 
and  by  lohn  Thornton  at  the  Plntt  in  the  Minories  London,"  and  dedicated 
by  Ihem  to  William  I'enn. 

♦  Hough  in  Penna.  Mag.,  XIX. 


FRIENDS'  Meeting  House  and  Academy 

Fourth  Street   below  Chestnut,   Philadelphia.    1789 


FRIENDS'  Meeting  House 

Cherry   Street    near    Fourth,    Philadelphia 


Some  Projuineiit  Irish  Friends  255 

whole  work  of  laying-  out  the  land  of  the  settlers 
and  locating  towns  and  highways  was  under  his 
super\'ision.  With  the  rapid  growth  of  the  coun- 
tr)'  the  responsibilities  of  the  office  increased,  so 
that  it  became  one  of  the  most  important  positions 
in  the  Province.  Holme  held  this  post  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  and  discharged  his  duties  with 
faithfulness  and  ability. 

He  was  also  appointed  to  many  other  places  of 
trust  and  honor.  In  1682,  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  Assembly  of  the  Province,  which 
began  its  session  at  Upland,  December  4th,  Penn 
presiding.  In  1683,  he  was  elected  a  representa- 
tive from  Philadelphia  County  to  the  Provincial  M^^^bero/ 

i  ^  the  Provin- 

Council  for  a  term  of  three  years,  and  took  a  dai  councu 
prominent  part  in  its  transactions,  serving-  on  sev- 
eral important  committees.  In  i  Mo.,  1683,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  joint  committee  of  the  Coun- 
cil and  Assembly  that  drew  up  the  new  Charter, 
or  Frame  of  Government.  Later  in  the  year  he 
was  one  of  the  commissioners  appointed  to  treat 
with  the  Governor  and  Council  of  West  Jersey  in 
regard  to  certain  differences  between  the  two  col- 
onies.  In  the  following  year  he  and  two  others 
were  on  a  committee  to  investigate  the  actions  of 
Lord  Baltimore  in  connection  with  the  bound- 
ary dispute.  In  the  same  year,  1684,  he  was 
one  of  three  appointed  to  draw  up  a  charter  for 
the  incorporation  of  Philadelphia  as  a  borough, 
with  a  Mayor  and  six  Alderman. 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Qiiakers 


Acts  as 
Governor  of 
the  Province 


Places  of 
Residence 


About  the  middle  of  Holme's  term  (6  Mo.  i8, 
1684),  Penn  authorized  the  Council  to  act  in  his 
place  as  Governor.  Thoma.s  Lloyd,  as  President 
of  the  Council,  now  became  acting  Governor,  but 
in  1685  he  was  absent  a  large  part  of  the  time, 
and  Holme  was  elected  to  act  in  hi.s  place,  presid- 
ing- at  twenty-seven  out  of  the  fifty  meetings  held 
this  year  and  also  at  a  number  of  meetings  the 
next  year  ;  so  that  during  Lloyd's  absence  Thomas 
Holme  acted  as  Governor  of  the  Province. 

After  Philadelphia  was  laid  out  in  1682,  Holme 
removed  his  family  to  a  house  he  had  built  on  his 
lot '  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Front  and  what 
is  now  Arch  Street,  and  lived  there  until  16S8. 
Then  he  took  up  his  residence  at  his  plantation 
of  "Well-Spring,"  in  Dublin  Township,  Philadel- 
phia County,  and,  e.xcepting  for  several  extended 
visits  to  England,  continued  there  for  the  rest  of 
his  life,  which  terminated  in  March  or  April,  1695.- 


'  It  was  on  a  part  of  this  lot  farther  up  Front  Street,  sold  by  Holme  to 
the  Trustees  of  the  Meeting,  that  the  Bank  Meeting  House  was  erected  in 
1685. 

«  The  name  of  Thomas  Holme's  wife  is  not  known.  Oliver  Hough  says 
she  probably  died  before  1682,  as  she  did  not  come  to  Pennsylvania  with 
her  husband.  Their  children  were  :  Sarah  Holme,  who  married  Richard 
Holcombe,  but  is  not  known  to  have  come  to  Pennsylvania;  Michael  (?) 
Holme,  who  died  without  issue  before  his  father  ;  Tryell  Holme,  who  also 
died  without  issue  before  his  father  ;  Eleanor  Holme,  married  (l)  Joseph 
Moss,  and  (2)  Joseph  Smallwood,  by  the  latter  having  one  daughter,  Sarah 
Smallwood  ;  Esther  Holme,  married,  in  1683,  Silas  Crispin,  son  of  Captain 
William  Crispin,  formerly  of  the  English  navy,  and  died  April  17,  1696, 
leaving  six  children. — See  Hough  in  l^enna.  Mag.,  XX.,  251-256. 


So7ne  Promine7it  Irish  Friends  257 

Robert  Turner,   who  has   several    times   been  Rot'^'^ 

r  1  •  •  1  ■  Turner 

reierred  to  in  previous  chapters  as  a  prominent 
Irish  Quaker,  and  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  in 
the  Province,  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Turner,^  of  Royston,  Hertfordshire,  and  was  born 
8  Mo.,  1635,  in  Cambridge,  England.^  We  first 
hear  of  him  as  a  Quaker  in  Ireland  about  1657; 
Rutty^  states  that  about  this  year  he  was  "instru- 
mental to  the  convincement  of  a  few  [Friends] 
who  lived  at  Grange,  near  Charlemont  [County 
Armagh],  in  the  province  of  Ulster."*  In  1658, 
according  to  Joseph  Smith, ^  he  issued  a  book  in 
behalf  of  the  Friends  called  TrutJi  s  Defense,  etc.* 
In  the  pamphlet  "To  the  Parliament  of  Eng- 
land ...  A  Narrative  of  the  Cruel  and  Unjust 
Sufferings  of  the  People  of  God  of  the  Nation  of 

^  She  died  in  Dublin  in  1670. 

'^Records  of  Dublin  ATonfhIv  Ahetingj  cited  in  **Soine  Genealogical 
Notes  Regarding  Rol)ert  Turner,"  collected  by  a  descendant,  William 
Brooke  Rawle,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  and  printed  in  the  American  Geneal- 
ogist (edited  by  Thomas  Allen  Glenn,  Ardmore,  Pa.)  Feb.,  1900. 

^  Rise  and  Progress,  119. 

*  Possibly  as  Robert  Turner  was  only  about  twenty-two  years  of  age  at 
this  time,  this  refers  to  his  father  Robert  Turner. 

5  Catalogue  of  Friends^  Books,   II.,  835. 

5  "  Truth's  Defence  .  .  .  Also  Here  is  a  swift  and  close  pursuite,  after 
severall  dangerous  Errors,  which  by  Robert  Child  Preist,  hath  lately  been 
sowen,  &  spread  abroad,  and  sold  for  mony  (instead  of  Truth)  to  his 
Hearers  the  People  oi  Bandon- Bridge  in  Ireland,  which  Errors,  are  ans- 
wered by  R.  T.  by  Scorners,  Scorned,  Reviled,  &  called  a  Quaker,  So 
was  Moses,  who  was  a  QtJAKER  :  .  .  .  — Also,  a  true  Information  of  the 
Evil  and  Error  of  one  Humphrey  Whittingh  Priest  &c. ;  with  a  few  words 
to  the  Heads  &  Rulers  of  the  Nation  of  Ireland  ;  and  of  the  CoUedge  of 
Dublin."     Large  4to,  "  Printed  in  the  Yeare"  1658. 

'7 


258         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Ireland,  called  Quakers,"  printed  in  London,  in 
1659,  is  this  entry  concerning  Robert  Turner: 

Kob.  Turner,  for  speaking  a  few  words  in  the  Steeple  house  at  Battdon, 
(after  the  Priest  had  done)  had  his  Hat  taken  away,  and  was  beaten  : 
And  for  speaking  a  few  words  in  the  Steeple-house  at  Dublin,  was  very 
much  abused,  and  had  his  coat  taken  from  him  in  the  said  place,  and  not 
restored  to  him  again  :  And  for  asking  a  Question  of  a  Priest  in  Dublin, 
was  sent  to  Hridewell,  and  after  kept  three  months  in  prison,  was  put  into 
a  Cell  or  Dungeon,  a  very  noisome  place,  graves  being  over  his  head,  and 
under  his  feet  :  And  being  in  a  meeting  at  London- Derry,  was  violently 
haled  thereout,  and  drawn  along  the  street  by  the  Arms  and  Legs,  (the 
Mayor  of  that  City  then  present,  and  helped  with  his  own  hands)  and  put 
him  out  of  the  said  town  ;  and  two  dayes  after  hailed  him  as  before,  and 
one  with  a  Knif  in  his  hand,  threatened  to  cut  off  his  Members,  and  turned 
him  out  again,  and  tyed  him  back  and  legs  on  a  Horses  bare  back,  with  a 
haire  rope,  and  led  him  about  as  their  sport,  at  their  pleasure. 

In  1660  and  also  in  1661,  for  attending  Quaker 
meetings  in  Dublin,  Robert  Turner  was  committed 
to  Newgate ;  and  in  1662  for  the  same  offense  was 
sent  to  Bridewell.^ 

In  William  Stockdale's  rare  little  book-  there  is 
an  interesting  recital  of  Turner's  sufferings,  in 
Dublin,  in  1672,  as  follows: 

"  Robert  Turner  of  Brides  Alley  having  his  Shop  open  on  the  day  called 
Thomas  day,  the  Mayor  came  and  took  Samuel  Randall  his  Servant,  sent  him 
to  Goal,  and  the  same  day  released  him  :  and  for  the  like  cause  on  Christmas 
day  (called)  the  Mayor  come  with  a  Guard  of  Souldiers  and  abused  the 
said  Robert,  sent  him  to  Newgate,  where  he  was  detained  five  days  :  also 
the  rude  multitude  did  beset  his  House  with  stones  and  staves,  and  throw- 
ing, broke  down  the  Windows,  to  tlie  hurting  of  some,  endangering  the 
Lives  of  others,  one  stone  weighing  nine  pounds,  and  said  they  had 
Orders  from  the  said  Mayor  :  also  on  the  day  called  Newyears  day,  for  the 
said  cause,  the  said  Mayor  committed  the  said  Robert  and  Samuel  Randall 

^ Bene  IL,  466,  471. 

'^  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  212. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  259 

to  Newgate,  but  released  them  next  day  :  and  on  the  day  called  Twelfth 
day  the  said  Mayor  for  the  like  cause  committed  Robert  Fuller  Servant  to 
the  said  Robert  to  Prison,  and  released  him  the  same  day  :  besides  other 
wrongs  the  said  Robert  by  breaking  his  Windows  w'as  damnified  fourteen 
shillings  six  pence." 

In  1675,  he  had  taken  "by  the  Wardens,  for  Priest  Gowburns  Wages, 
out  of  the  Shop-box  three  shillings."  ' 

He  seems  first  to  have  become  interested  in 
colonization  in  1677,  when  he  and  other  Irish 
Friends  acquired  one  whole  share  of  West  Jersey, 
their  land  being  laid  out  on  Newton  Creek,  near 
the  site  of  Camden,  in  1681,  and  settled  by  Irish 
Friends.-  In  1681,  he  joined  with  the  Earl  of 
Perth,  William  Penn,  Robert  Barclay,  the  Apolo- 
gist, and  other  eminent  personages,  in  the  pur- 
chase of  East  Jersey  from  the  estate  of  Sir 
George  Carteret.^  About  the  same  time  his 
friend  Penn  received  the  grant  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Turner  became  actively  concerned 
in  that  project,  purchasing  5,000  acres  of 
land  in  the  Province'*  and  subscribing  ^500  of 
stock  in  the  Free  Society  of  Traders.""  It  is  evi- 
dent from  a  letter  of  James  Claypoole  that  before 
II  Mo.  9,  1682,  Turner  had  a  prospect  of  going 
to  Pennsylvania, '^  but  he  did  not  take  his  departure 
until  a  few  months  later,  probably  in  5  Mo.  1683, 

'  A  Great  Ciy  of  Opptession,  55. 

^Clement's  Nexvton,  13,  passim. 

3 Whitehead  in  fVinsor,  III.,  435. 

'  Hazard's  Annals  of  Pennsylvania,  641. 

^Penna.  Mag.,  XI.,  175,  177. 

''Ibid.,  X.,  201. 


2  6o        Inwiigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

his  certificate  of  removal  being  signed  5  Mo.  3rd. 
As  previously  stated  ^  he  arrived  at  Philadelphia, 
8  Mo.  14,  1683,  in  the  Lion  of  Liverpoole,  bring- 
ing- with  him  his  daughter  Martha  and  seventeen 
redemptioners.  Here  he  took  up  his  residence 
and  continued  his  mercantile  business.  In  the 
summer  of  1684,  he  erected  the  first  brick  house  ^ 
in  the  city,  using  brick,  as  he  writes  to  Penn, 
"after  a  good  manner  to  encourage  others  .  .  . 
and  now  (6  Mo.  3,  1685)  many  brave  brick  houses 
are  going  up."^ 

Almost  from  the  day  of  his  arrival  until  his 
death  in  1 700,  Turner  was  closely  identified  with 
public  affairs.'*  At  the  Province  Council,  8  Mo. 
26,  1683,  he  was  impaneled  as  a  juryman.'^  In  the 
following  year  he  became  Justice  of  the  Peace  and 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  ;''  he  also 
served  as  Register  of  Wills  and  fudge  of  Quarter 
Sessions  and  Orphans'  Court.'  In  1686,  he 
was  appointed  Deputy  Surveyor  of  Philadelphia 
County**  and  Receiver-General.'-'  For  a  time  he 
was  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  Property.     In 

1  Page  55. 

'^  At  the  southwest  corner  of  Front  and  what  is  now  Arch  Streets. 
^A  Further  Account  of  Pennsylvania,  published    in   16S5  ;    cited   in 
Wescott's  Historic  A/ansions,  15-16. 

*  Colonial  Records  of  Penna.,  \.,  passim. 

'■Jhid.,  87. 

^  Ibid.,  119. 

'  Rawle  in  American  Genealogist. 

^  Penna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX.,  699. 

9/W(/.,  626. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  261 

1 686,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Provincial 
Council,  being  re-elected  in  1693  and  1700.  In 
1688,  he  was  one  of  the  five  Commissioners  from 
the  Council  appointed  by  Penn  to  govern  the 
Province.^ 

He  seems  to  have  been  active  in  the  business 
of  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  but  in  the  con- 
troversy between  the  Friends  and  George  Keith 
he  took  the  side  of  the  latter.'- 

Robert  Turner  was  first  married  in  Dublin,  i 
Mo.  27,  1662,  to  Elizabeth  Ruddock,  of  Dover, 
who  survived  only  one  year.^  He  then  was  mar- 
ried at  Rosenallis,  Queen's  County,  10  Mo.  7, 
1665,  to  Martha  Fisher,  of  Cheshire.  She  died  3 
Mo.  1682,^  and  at  the  time  of  his  emigration,  as 
his  certificate  states,  he  was  a  "  Widdow  man  and 
clear  from  all  women  upon  account  of  marriage." 
He  was  married  the  third  time,  under  the  care  of 
Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  New  Castle  County, 
about  12  Mo.,  1686,  to  Susanna  Welch,"  of  New 
Castle,  daughter  of  William  Welch.  Turner  died 
in  6  Mo.,  1700,  and  was  buried  on  the  24th.®  His 
daughter  Martha,  was  married,  8  Mo.  18,  1689,  to 

'  Pcnna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX. 

''■Proud,  369;   Hazard's  Register,  VI.,  242,  306. 

^  By  her  he  had  one  child,  Elizabeth,  born  i  Mo.  12, 1663,  died  1678. 

<The  births  of  their  children  were  :  Martha,  7  Mo.  24.  1668;  Robert, 
6  Mo.  25,  1672  (died  same  year);  Abraham,  7  Mo.  28,  1673  (died  1675); 
and  Mary,  12  Mo.  7,  1674. — Records  of  Dublin  Meeting. 

*  By  her  he  had  one  son,  Robert,  who  was  buried  10  Mo.  18,  1692. 

*  Records  of  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting. 


262         Inimigratoin  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Francis  Rawle,  the  younger,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
left  numerous  descendants.'  Another  daughter, 
Mary,  married  Joseph  Pidqcon,  and  died  before 
her  father. 

Thomas  Tliomas  Grifhtts,  son  of  George-  and  Frances 
Griffitts  Qi-iffitts,  of  Cork,  was  another  of  the  Irish  Friends 
to  serve  as  Provincial  Councillor  and  to  hold 
other  important  positions.  The  Friends  of  Cork 
signed  him  a  certificate  of  removal,  8  Mo.  i6, 
1 716,  stating  that  he  was  clear  "in  respect  to 
marriao;e."  At  that  date  he  was  residingf  on  the 
Bay  of  Donna  Maria  in  Jamaica,  but  was  about  to 
remove  to  Pennsylvania. 

The  Meeting  at  Kingston,  in  that  island,  also 
gave  him  a  certificate,  1 1  Mo.  21,  1 7 1 6,  and  his 
parents  wrote  from  Cork  to  Isaac  Norris  and 
Jonathan  Dickinson,  of  Philadelphia,  desiring 
them  to  assist  him  "in  that  weighty  affair."  He 
then  settled  in  Philadelphia,  became  a  merchant, 
and  in  1 7 1 7  married  Mar)',  daughter  of  Isaac 
Norris. 

In    1723,  he  was  appointed  Treasurer  to  the 

'  See  Rawle  in  Ammcan  Genealo:;;ist ;  Glenn,  Some  Colonial  Man- 
sions and  Those  Who  Lived  in    Them,  II. 

*  In  1677,  George  Griffits,  a  Friend  of  Shandon  Parisli,  County  Cork, 
for  "  Priests  Dues,"  had  taken  from  him  "  two  pewter  dishes  worth  nine 
shillings  6  pence"  and  "a  Hrass  Chafing  dish  and  Skellet,"  valued  at  lo 
s.  In  the  following  year,  in  the  City  of  Cork,  George  Griffits  for  a  lithe 
of  3  s.  6  d.  had  taken  "  one  large  pewter  dish  and  a  Tankard,"  valued  at 
8  s.  and  lo  s.  "  taken  out  of  a  purse  from  his  Servant,"  by  the  church 
wardens. — William  Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  74,  93,  1 14. 


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Some  Pro))iincnl  Irish  Friends  263 

Tru.stc;c!S  for  tin-  PVee  Society  of  'I'radcrs  ;  and  in 
1724,  he,  James  LoL^'^an,  and  tliree  odicrs  were 
chosen  by  the  I'enn  family  to  si-ll  land  and  to  issue 
land  warrants  and  patents.  In  1729-30  and  in 
1733,  he  served  as  Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  lie 
was  Keeper  of  th('  Great  Seal  of  the  i'rovince 
from  1732  to  173.4,  '1'^''  ''^  '733'  took  his  seat  in 
the  I'rovincial  Council.  lie  was  Judt^e  of  tiie 
Supreme  Court  from  1739  to  1743.  He  died  in 
1746,  leavinjr  tliicc  children  to  survive  him  :  Isaac 
Griffitts,  sometime  .Sheriff  of  Philadelphia  County, 
married  .Sarah  P'itzwater,  in  July,  1745,  and  died 
July  I,  1755;  Mary,  horn  March  20,  r72i,died, 
unmarried,  in  1791  ;  and  1  lannah,  born  1727,  died, 
unmarried,  in  Au^-ust  24,  1.S17.' 

Robert    Strettell, '^    Provincial    Councillor   and  Robert 
Mayor  of  I'hiladcilphia,  was  born  of  Quaker  i)ar-  ^'"'"''" 
entage,  10  Mo.  25,  1693,  in   Back  Lane,  Dublin. 
His    father,  Amos    Stre'ttell,''  descended    from    a 

'See  Keith'.s  Provincial  Councillors,  184. 

*See  Keith's  Provincial  Councillors  0/ Pennsylvania,  196-208;  atso 
entries  from  Strettell  family  liiljle  in  Miscellanea  Gcnealogica  et  Ilerahlica, 
III.,  212,  2(1  Scries,  London,  1890,  and  Penn' a  Ma;;.,  I.,  241,  II., 
114-115. 

^IIi.s  rillicr,  !Iuj;li  StruUell,  son  of  Thomas  Strcltell  (of  I'.laklcy,  liorn 
1598,  died  Aug.,  1057)  and  his  wife,  Marpjarcl  (Jrafdtt  (of  Alderley, 
married  1619),  was  born  1O22,  and  was  married  to  Mary  Iliilme, 
daui^liter  of  Francis  Ilulme.  Hugh  and  Mary  Slreltell  Ijecamc  members 
of  the  .Society  of  Friends  and  resided  at  .Saltcr.sley,  Cheshire  ;  he  died  7 
Mo.  5,  1671,  and  she  died  7  Mo.  II,  1662  ;  buried  in  Friends'  ground  at 
Mobberly. 

Children  of  Amos  and   Experience  Strettell  :   Robert,  b.    lo  Mo.  25, 


264        Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

respectable  Cheshire  family,  was  born  12  Mo. 
(Feb.)  24,  1657,  at  Saltersley,  in  Mobberly,  Chesh- 
ire, and  removed  to  Dublin  in  i  Mo.  (March) 
1678-9,  where  he  was  married  to  Anne,  daughter 
of  Roger  and  Marj'  Roberts,  of  Dublin.  She  died 
1 1  Mo.  8,  1685-6,  and  he  then  was  married,  i  Mo. 
(March)  23,  1692-3,  by  Friends'  ceremony,  to 
Experience  Cuppage,  daughter  of  Major  Robert 
Cuppage^  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  prominent 
Friends  of  Lambstown,  County  Wexford.  Amos 
Strettel  made  a  purchase  of  5,000  acres  of  land 
in  Pennsylvania,-  but  there  is  no  evidence  to  show 
that  he  ever  came  to  this  country ;  he  also  held 
large  tracts  of  land  in  New  Jersey.     In  1688,  he 

1693  ;  Anne,  b.  12  Mo.  23,  1694-5 ;  Amos,  b.  4  Mo.  i,  1696,  d.  n  Mo. 
30,  1712;  Elizabeth,  b.  7  Mo.  25,  1697;  Thomas,  b.  7  Mo.  13,  1699; 
Ebenezer,  b.  12  Mo.  27,  1700,  <1.  3  Mo.,  1703;  Jacob,  b.  3  Mo.  5,  1702, 
d.  II  Mo.,  1703-4;  Experience,  b.  5  Mo.  23,  1704,  d.  4  Mo.  26,  1705  ; 
Lydia,  b.  6  Mo.  2S,  1706;  Benjamin,  b.  9  Mo.  i,  1707,  d.  10  Mo. 
21,  1708. 

•  Robert  Cuppage,  born  in  Cumberland,  England,  in  1619,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  .Sarah  Warren,  of  Colchester,  England, 
lie  had  been  a  major  in  the  army,  but  became  convinced  of  the  Quaker 
principles,  and  in  1662,  at  Wexford,  for  refusing  to  take  the  oath  of 
"  Grand- Juryman,"  he  "was  committed  to  Prison"  {Besse,\\.,  \^2). 
In  1672,  for  tithes,  he  had  taken  from  him  hay,  wheat,  barley,  oats,  and 
lambs,  to  the  value  of  over  £,1  {Slockdale,  23).  He  died  at  Lambs- 
town,  7  Mo.  15,  1683  ( Leatibealfi;  92;  Jiittly,  149).  \t.  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Property  at  Philadelphia,  2  Mo.  7,  1712,  there  was  a  recital 
of  a  deed,  dated  Oct.  6  and  7,  1708,  in  which  Thom.is  Cuppage,  of 
Lambstown,  Parish,  of  Whitechurch,  County  Wexford,  Ireland,  gentle- 
man, since  deceased,  appears  as  one  of  the  grantees.  ( Poiiia.  Archives, 
2nd  Series,  XIX.,  506.) 

^  Penna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  XIX.,  321- 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  265 

and  John  Burnyeat  published  a  small  book  called 
"The  Innocency  of  the  Christian  Quakers  Mani- 
fested," etc.^ 

About  1 716,  Robert  Strettell  went  to  London 
and  engaged  in  trade,  but  losing  a  large  amount 
of  money  in  the  South  Sea  Bubble,  he  decided  to 
remove  to  Pennsylvania.  A  certificate  of  removal, 
dated  1 1  Mo.  26,  1 736,  for  himself  and  family,  from 
Friends'  Meeting  at  Horslydowne,  Southvi^ark,  was 
received  by  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  4  Mo. 
24,  1737.  He  made  his  residence  in  Philadel- 
phia and  opened  a  shop;  in  a  newspaper  of  1738 
is  this  advertisement:  "late  imported  and  to  be 
sold  by  Robert  Strettell  at  his  store  in  Water 
Street  facing  Fishbourne's  Wharf,"  muslin,  cam- 
brics, "flowered  damask,"  India  velvet,  blue  and 
white  China  plates,  Japanese  tea  kettles,  Scotch 
snuff  "fine  London  Pigtail  tobacco,"  etc.  His 
business  prospered,  and  by  1 744,  when  William 
Black  visited  the  city,  he  had  attained  such 
affluence  that  he  was  able  to  keep  up  a  country 
house  at  Germantown.  Black  writes  in  his  Jour- 
nal^-^  June  i,  1744: 

Mr.  Strettell  carried  us  to  Germantown  about  a  mile  further  where  he 
had  a  little  County  House  to  which  he  used  to  come  and  spend  some  part 
of  the  Summer  Months,  his  Wife  was  then  there  :  .  .  .  We  staid  till  near 
Sun-down  at  Mr.  Strettell's  Villa,  where  we  were  very  kindly  Received  by 
Mrs.  Strettell,  she  appeared  to  be  a  very  Agreeable  Woman,  and  Consider- 

'  Joseph  Smith,  Calalo^^tie  of  Friends^  Books,  II.,  640. 
^Fenna.  Mag.,  I.,  40S. 


266        Immigration  of  tlie  Irish  Quakers 

ing  she  was  in  j'ears  was  Admirably  well  Shap'd  :  Mr.  Strettell  had  not 
been  long  in  Philadelphia  ;  be  came  over  from  London  with  a  Cargoe  of 
Goods  about  9  years  Since,  and  had  very  Good  Success  in  Trade  ;  he  was 
one  of  the  Friends  .  .  .  he,  I  really  do  believe,  appear'd  what  he  really 
was,  a  very  Honest  Dealer,  and  Sincere  in  everything  he  Acted  ;  he  was  a 
very  Modest  Man  in  Company,  Spoke  little,  but  what  he  said  was  always 
worth  the  Noticing,  as  he  gave  everything  Consideration  before  he  Deliver' d 
it ;  he  was  .  .  .  very  Moderate  in  Drinking  and  kept  Good  horses  .  .  . 
he  had  only  one  son  [Amos]  who  Liv'd  with  him,  about  19,  and  was  in 
Partnership  with  him  in  Trade,  he  appear'd  to  be  a  very  Promising  Sober 
and  well  Inclin'd  young  Man,  and  much  attach'd  to  Business,  even  uncom- 
mon for  his  years. 

Strettell  began  his  public  career  in  1741.  In 
that  year  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  City  and  also  appointed  to  the 
Provincial  Council.  In  174S,  he  was  elected 
Alderman,  and  in  1751,  Mayor  of  Philadelphia. 
He  was  a  Friend,  but  like  James  Logan,  was  a 
believer  in  defensive  war.' 

He  was  married,  5  Mo.  18,  17 16,  at  Reigate, 
Surrey,  to  Philotesia  Owen.^  He  died  in  June, 
1761,    and    in    his    will    mentions    his    "  Proprie- 

'  In  1741,  he  was  apiwinted  on  a  committee  to  determine  whether  or  not 
a  letter  on  defensive  war,  written  by  James  Logan  to  the  Yearly  Meeting, 
should  be  read  before  that  body.  Strettell  was  in  favor  of  having  the 
letter  read,  but  the  other  members  of  the  committee  overruled  and  a  nega- 
tive report  was  made  to  the  Meeting.  Thereupon,  Strettell  arose  in  his 
seat  and  began  to  express  himself  as  .idverse  to  the  decision,  but  one  of  the 
committee  caught  him  by  the  coat,  saying  sharply,  "  Sit  thee  down,  Robert, 
thou  art  single  in  that  opinion." — Letter  of  Richard  Peters  to  John  Pcnn, 
October  20,  1741.      (Paina.  Mag.,  VL,  403.) 

'Philotesia  Owen  was  bom  at  Coulsdon,  England,  5  Mo.  17,  1697,  and 
died  June  28,  1782.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Owen  (died  II 
Mo.  7,  1724),  formerly  of  Seven  Oaks,  Kent,  .afterward  of  Coulsdon,  in 
Surrey,  and  subsequently  of  Reigate,  in  the  same  county,  by  Francis  Ridge 
(bora  1662,  died  2  Mo.  6,  1724),  his  second  wife. 


Sotne  Protnment  IrisJi  Friends  267 

tary  Rights  in  West  Jersey"  and  his  "Greek, 
Latin,  and  French  authors."  His  children  were: 
Frances,  born  Sept.  17,  17 17,  married,  Feb.  13, 
1 742-3,  to  Isaac  Jones,  sometime  Mayor  of  Phila- 
delphia ;  Amos  Strettel,  born  1720,  married,  Nov. 
2,  1752,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hansell, 
Provincial  Councillor,  and  served  as  Alderman  of 
Philadelphia  in  1766,  and  as  Assemblyman  in 
1780;  John  Strettell,^  born  8  Mo.  29,  1721,  in 
Cheapside,  London,  married,  1776,  Mary  Hay- 
ling;  Ann,  died  unmarried,  4  Mo.  26,  1771  ; 
Robert,  resided  in  Dublin  after  his  father's  re- 
moval to  America,  but  came  to  Philadelphia  about 
1745,  where  he  died  2  Mo.  28,  1747." 

William  Stockdale,  Provincial  Councillor  of  wiiuam 
Pennsylvania,  and  minister  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  first  appears  in  the  annals  of  Friends  in 
1657,  as  of  Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  On  Februar)' 
26th  of  that  year  he  wrote  a  short  statement  of 
some  of  the  sufferings  of  Friends  in  Scotland, 
which  is  given  in  the  second^  edition  of  a  Quaker 
pamphlet  called,  "The  Doctrines  and  Prin- 
ciples:  the  Persecutions,  Imprisonment,   Banish- 

'  John  Strettell  remained  in  England  and  was  brought  up  to  business  by 
his  uncle,  John  Owen.  He  became  an  opulent  merchant  in  Lime  Street, 
London,  for  some  time  residing  at  Croyden  in  Surrey.  He  died  in  1786, 
leaving  an  estate  of  over  ;{j45,ooo. 

2 For  an  extended  account  of  the  descendants  see  V^t\'Ca'%  Prozdncial 
Councillors. 

3  Probably  it  is  also  in  the  first  edition  of  1657,  but  I  have  not  been  able 
to  see  that  edition. 


2  68         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

ment,  Excomunicating  of  the  Saints  of  God,  by 
the  Priests  and  Magistrates  of  Scotland,  contrary' 
to  the  Doctrine  of  Christ  and  the  Apostles,"' 
issued  by  him^  and  several  others  in  1659. 

In  this  little  work  is  the  following  account  of 

o 

Stockdale's  persecutions : 

William  Stockdale,  and  John  Boweram,  being  moved  of  the  Lord  to 
go  to  Strahaven  [Slralhaven]  in  Evandale  [Avondale,  I^narkshire],  and 
declaring  the  word  of  truth  there  one  a  Market-day  to  the  people,  was 
oftentimes  knockt  down  with  stones,  and  stoned  out  of  the  town  with  vio- 
lence by  the  wicked  people  (p.  3). 

William  Stockdale,  was  knockt  down  in  the  Steeple-house  yard  of 
Damanoy,  and  the  people  set  their  feet  upon  him,  and  pulled  much  hair 
off  his  head  ;  insomuch  that  some  of  them  cried  he  is  kild,  for  he  could 
not  speak  nor  rise  off  the  ground  for  along  time  (p.  4). 

William  Stockdall,  was  put  in  prison  four  days  in  a  hole  where  he 
could  scarce  get  room  to  lye  down  for  speaking  to  James  Nesmith,  Priest 
of  Hambleton  (p.  6). 3 

In  1670,  we  find  William  Stockdale  living  in 
County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  probably  in  the  Parish 
of  Benburb,  for  in  this  year  he  had  a  "pair  of  Pot- 
hooks" valued  at  5  d.  seized  for  refusing  to  contrib- 
ute 2  d.  towards  the  repairs  of  the  "Seats  and  Glass 
windows  of  Benburb  Parish  Worship  house."  '  He 
was  a  member  of  Grange  Meeting  near  Charle- 
mont,  and  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent 

'  London,  Printed  for  Robert  Wilson  at  the  Signe  of  the  Black-spread 
Eagle  and  Winde-Mill  in  Martin's-lane  near  Aldersgate,  1659. 

2  Joseph  Smith's  Catalogue  (IL,  655,  686)  does  not  mention  Stockdale 
as  one  of  the  authors  of  the  first  edition. 

'On  page  80  it  is  stated  that  Stockdale  held  a  discussion  with  a 
•'  Priest  "  in  the  "  Steeple  house  of  Lesmnhagow,"  Lanarkshire. 

*A  Brief  Relation  of  Some  of  the  Sufferings  of  .  .  .  Quakers  in  Ire- 
latid,  etc.,  by  Thomas  Holme  and  Abraham  Kullcr,  37  ;   Hesse  H.,  479. 


Sonic  Prominent  Irish  Friends  269 

in  missionary  effort  at  Londonderry/  he  seems 
to  have  resided  in  that  neighborhood  until  his  re- 
moval to  Pennsylvania.  John  Whiting  in  his 
Memoirs,  published  in  1715,  says  that  he  "trav- 
elled much  in  the  Service  of  Truth  in  England 
and  Scotland  and  was  very  serviceable  ;  especially 
in  Scotland  as  aforesaid,  and  also  in  Ireland,  where 
he  dwelt."  - 

In  1683,  he  published  a  book  entitled,  "The 
Great  Cry  of  Oppression  :  or  A  Brief  Relation  of 
some  part  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  People  of  God, 
in  scorn  called  Quakers  in  Ireland,  for  these  1 1 
years — for  Tithes,  &c. — with  a  Testimony  against 
taking  and  paying  Tythes."^ 

He  sailed  from  Ireland  for  Pennsylvania  with 
his  family,  probably  in  the  ship  Friendship,  of  Liv- 
erpool, in  1684-5,'  ^s  he  witnessed  a  will  made 
on  board  that  vessel,  January  (11  Mo.)  16,  1684 

'  Says  y^K/O' (footnote,  343),  "about  the  year  1673,  William  Stockdale 
a  Friend  of  the  ministry,  and  Thomas  Francis  another  Friend,  removed 
their  Dwelling  from  Charlemont  to  Londonderry  and  kept  a  meeting  there 
for  two  years,"  but  met  with  so  little  success  in  their  missionary  work  that 
they  returned  to  their  former  abode. 

"^Persecutions  Expos'' d in  some  Memoirs  Rel .ting  to  the  Sufferings  of 
John  Whiting,  etc.  (London,  1715),  231-2. 

•■"He  states  that  in  16S0  he  had  seven  "  carloads  of  Hey"  taken  for 
tithes  (p.  150).  In  1682,  "  William  Stockdale,  after  his  Tryal  at  the  As- 
sizes in  Londonderry,  for  being  at  a  Religious  Meeting,  to  worship  God, 
in  the  County  of  Tyrone,  was  closely  imprisoned  for  ten  Months,  upon  Pre- 
tence of  Fees,  by  Procurement  of  John  Rooke,  Clerk  to  Richard  Reeves, 
who  was  then  Judge  there." — A   Cornp'-ndioits  View  (Dublin,  1731),  5^- 

*Whiling  (Memoirs,  131-2)  says  he  came  over  in  1687,  but  this  is 
doubtless  an  error. 


270        Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

(probated  at  Philadelphia,  11  Mo.  8,  1685).'  He 
lived  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  northeast  part 
of  New  Castle  County,  of  which  he  was  chosen  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  in  1685  (July  29),  1689,  and 
1690.-  He  was  a  member  of  Newark  Meeting, 
the  Newark  Monthly  Meeting  registers  recording 
the  deaths  of  his  daughter  Ruth,  6  Mo.  30,  1687, 
and  his  wife  Jane,  7  Mo.  8,  1688.  In  1689,  he  was 
again  married,  under  the  care  of  the  Monthly 
Meeting,  to  Hannah  Druett. 

On  2  Mo.  I,  1689,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Pro- 
vincial Council  as  a  representative  from  New 
Castle  County,^  and  took  an  active  part  in  its 
deliberations.  His  name  does  not  appear  in  the 
minutes  after  7  Mo.,  1690.  In  the  doctrinal  con- 
troversy between  George  Keith  and  the  Friends 
he  was  an  ardent  defender  of  the  principles  of  the 
Society. 

At  Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting,  3  Mo.  26, 
1692,  he  "appeared  before  the  meeting  and  Sig- 
nified his  mind  to  leave  this  Province  and  desired 
a  Certificate,"  but  8  Mo.  28th,  "his  inclination 
for  removal  of  his  family  at  present  is  ceased." 
He  had  now  become  much  reduced  in  circum- 
stances, so  that  at  the  above  meeting  a  commit- 
tee was  directed  "to  look  into  his  necessity  and 

^Publications  of  the  Genealogical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  I.,  No.  4 
2o8. 

' Penna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX.,  648. 
'Co/.  Rcc.  of  J'entia.,  I.,  268. 


Some  Prominent  Irish  Friends  2  7 1 

relieve  him  out  of  the  pubhc  Stock."  He^  died 
7  Mo.,  1693,  and  was  buried  at  Philadelphia  on 
the  23d.- 

Nicholas    Newlin,    who    represented    Chester  Nicholas 
County  in  the   Provincial   Council  from  1685   to 


1687,  inclusive,^  had  resided  for  many  years  prior 
to  his  emigration  within  the  limits  of  Mountmel- 
lick  Meeting,  Queen's  County,  Ireland.  F"rom 
Stockdale's^  account  of  his  sufferings  for  tithes, 
and  from  other  sources,  it  is  evident  that  he  was 
a  prosperous  farmer  with  large  flocks  and  herds 
and  several  servants. 

In  1680,  there  were  taken  from  him  for  tithes, 
seventeen  "truckle-loads  of  Hey,  and  nineteen 
sheaves  of  Beans,  and  thirty-three  sheaves  of  small 
Barly,  all  worth  one  pound  one  shilling"  ;''  seven- 
teen "fleeces  of  Wooll"  and  five  lambs,  valued  at 
£,\.  7  s.     The  church-wardens  took  from  him,   4 

'Whiting  (Memoirs,  131-2)  says:  "  V.'illiam  Stockdale  an  ancient 
Publick  Friend  formerly  belonging  to  Charlemount  Meeting  in  the  North 
of  Ireland  .  .  .  removed  to  Pennsylvania  in  the  year  1687  (?)  and  was 
concerned  in  the  Controversie  with  G.  Keith  and  there  died  .   .   .    1693." 

2  Rfgislers  Philadelphia  Mo.  Mtg. 

^ Penjia.  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX.,  625. 

*The  Great  Cry  of  Oppression ,  155,  156. 

''Ibid.,  155- 


272         Ininiigration  of  the  J  risk  Quakers 

Mo.  13,  6  lambs  worth  1 5  s.;  4  Mo.  23,  three  fleeces 
of  "Wooll,"  eight  "Lambs  fleeces"  and  some 
coarse  wool,  worth  5  s.  4  Mo.  25,  church  officers 
"brought  a  pair  of  Sheep-shears  and  took  a  Sheep 
and  shore  it,  then  the  said  Nicholas  caused  the 
Pen  to  be  broken,  and  the  Sheep  to  be  drove  out, 
as  he  had  done  before,  to  hinder  their  intent ;  the 
said  persons  struck  many  blows  with  a  stick  on 
the  Backs,  Arms  and  Hands  of  those  that  drove 
out  his  Sheep  ;  afterwards  the  said  persons  penned 
up  the  Sheep  again,  and  shore  and  carried  away 
with  them  five  fleeces  of  Wooll,"  in  all  valued  at 

With  the  hope  of  ending  these  persecutions  he 
made  ready  to  remove  with  his  family  to  Pennsyl- 
vania. Mountmellick  Meeting  sisfned  a  certificate 
for  him  and  his  family,  12  Mo.  25,  1682,  stating, 
as  we  have  seen  on  page  58,  that  he  had  "walked 
honestly,"  but  that  Friends  were  "  generally  dis- 
satisfied with  his  so  removing,  he  beine  so  well 
settled  with  his  family,  and  having  sufficient  sub- 
stance for  food  and  raiment  .  .  .  ;  but  our  Godly 
jealousy  is  that  his  chief  ground  [for  removal]  is 
fearfulness  of  sufferings  here."  He  sailed  the 
early  part  of  16S3,  in  the  Levee  of  Liverpool, 
James  Kilner,  Master,^  and  settled  on  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  Concord,  now  Delaware  County. 

'  The  Great  Cry  of  Oppri-ssion,  156. 
'Colonial  Records,  I.,  79-So. 


MiDDLETOWN    MEETI,«(G    HOUSE,    DELAWARE    COUNTY.       BUILT    ABOUT    1770 


Springfield  Meeting  House.  Delaware  County.     Built  1738,  Taken  Down,  1850 

From    a    Drawing    bv    John    Sartatn,    1837 


Some  Promineni  Irish  Friends  273 

Here  he  built  a  mill  and  became  an  important 
man  in  the  affairs  of  the  meeting  and  neighbor- 
hood. Meetings  were  held  at  his  house  as  early 
as  1687,  and  after  his  death  were  continued  for  a 
number  of  years  at  his  widow's.  For  a  time  he 
served  as  Judge  of  the  Chester  County  Courts. 
He  died  in  Concord,  May,  1699.^ 

We  have  already  mentioned  his  son  Nathaniel  Nathaniel 
Newlin,  the  owner  of  Newlin  Township.  He  was  ^^^^^ 
born  about  1  660,  and  came  from  Ireland  with  his 
father.  He  resided  in  Concord,  and  was  also  a 
prominent  character.  In  1698,  he  was  elected  to 
the  Provincial  Assembly  from  Chester  County, 
and  was  re-elected  several  times.  In  1700,  he 
was  one  of  the  committee  to  consider  and  draw 
up  a  new  Frame  of  Government  and  to  revise  the 
laws.  He  was  subsequently  appointed  one  of  the 
Commissioners  of  Property  and  a  Judge  of  the 
County  Courts.  In  1722,  he  became  one  of  the 
Trustees  of  the  General  Loan-Office  of  the  Prov- 
ince.    He  died  in  May,  1729.- 

Lydia  Darragh,^  of  Philadelphia,  the  well-known  Lydia 
heroine  of  the  Revolution,  who  risked  the  safety  °^™2i» 
of  herself  and  family  to  give  General  Washington 

'  Futhey  and  Cope,  History  Chester  County,  (iit<). 

2  Ibid.,  669. 

iSSee  Lydia  Darragh,  of  the  Revolution,  by  Henry  Darrach,  in  Penna. 
Mag.,    XXIII.,    86-91;    Hazard's   Register,    I.,    48;    Appleton's    Cyelo- 
padia  of  American  Biography,  \\.,  79,  etc. 
18 


2  74         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

warnincT  of  the  intended  attack  of  the  British  on 
his  army  at  White  Marsh,  in  1777,  was  an  Irish 
Quaker.  She  was  born  about  1729,  the  daughter 
of  John  Barrington,  a  Friend,  of  DubHn,  and  was 
married  11  Mo.  2,  1753,  at  Friends'  Meeting,  in 
Sycamore  Alley,  Dublin,  to  William  Darragh  (born 
about  1 7 19)  of  the  same  city.  They  came  to 
Philadelphia  about  i  765  and  lived,  it  is  thought, 
on  Second  Street,  below  Spruce. 

William  Darragh  died  6  Mo.  8,  1783,  and  his 
widow,  on  April  22,  1786,  purchased  a  house  on 
the  west  side  of  Second  Street,  between  Market 
and  Chestnut  Streets,  where  she  resided  and  kept 
a  shop.  She  died  12  Mo.  28,  1789,  and,  although 
she  had  been  disowned  from  the  Society  for  neg- 
lecting to  attend  meetings,  she  was  buried  in 
Friends'  burial  ground  at  Fourth  and  Arch  Streets. 
The  inventory  of  her  estate  amounted  to  ^1628 
1 7  s.  9  d.  In  her  will  she  mentions  her  son  Charles 
Darragh,  who  served  in  the  American  Army,  as 
"Ensign  in  Second  Penna  Feby  1777  and  ist 
Lieut  retired  i  July  1778."'  I'or  this  breach  of 
discipline  he  was  disowned  by  Philadelphia  Monthly 
Meeting,  in  1781.^ 

We  have  now  noticed  a  group  of  Irish  Quakers 
who  were  most  conspicuous  and  influential  in  the 
governmental  affairs  of  Pennsylvania  during  the 

'  For  record  of  descendants  of  Lydia  Darragh,  see  Pfniia.  Mag., 
XXIII.,  90-91. 


Sotne  Promment  Irish  Friends.  275 

Quaker  regime,  1682-1756.  Many  others  of 
prominence  have  been  referred  to  in  the  chapter 
on  "  Places  of  Settlement,"  and  still  others  receive 
attention  in  the  Appendix. 

While  outnumbered  by  the  English  and  Welsh  contribution 
Quakers,  these  Irish  Quakers  compare  favorably  Quakers 
in  the  performance  of  public  services  ;  for  they 
gave  to  the  Province  eight  Provincial  Councillors, 
three  acting  Governors,  one  Proprietar}^  Secre- 
tar}f,  two  Receivers-General,  one  Register- 
General,  one  Surveyor-General,  one  Provincial 
Treasurer,  one  Chief  Justice,  three  Judges,  one 
Master  of  Chancery,  two  Keepers  of  the  Seal, 
twenty-two  Justices  of  the  Peace,  eighteen  As- 
semblymen, two  Sheriffs,  one  County  Treasurer 
and  three  Maj'ors  of  Philadelphia.^  Serving  in 
these  important  capacities  in  a  province,  which,  it 
is  significant  to  remember,  was  founded  and  con- 
trolled by  Quakers  down  to  1756,  and  which  has 
ever  been  of  foremost  rank  in  the  union  of  States, 
the  Irish  Quakers  have  had  a  strong  formative 
influence  upon  our  State  and  national  institutions, 
and  thus  have  been  important  factors  in  stamping 
upon  these  institutions  imperishably  the  doctrines 
of  civil  and  religious  liberty. 

Nor  did  the  Irish  Quakers  play  a  less  important 
part  in  the  social  order.  Here  also  they  were  a 
distinct  element  of  strength.     Like  most  of  the 

'^ Penna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  IX.,621-800. 


276        Immigratioji  of  the  Irish  Quakers. 

Quaker  settlers  they  were  plain  yeomen  and 
tradesmen,  springing  from  that  great  middle  class 
of  society  which  has  ever  been  the  stay  and 
strength  of  Britain,  not  only  upon  the  field  of 
battle  but  also  in  the  pursuits  of  peace.  They 
had  escaped  from  a  land  of  contest,  imprison- 
ment, disaster,  and  suffering,  and  found  within 
the  Quaker  commonwealth  religious  freedom  and 
economic  opportunity.  Their  thrift  and  energy 
made  them  a  substantial  and  stable  part  of  the 
population  ;  and  their  principles  as  exemplified  in 
their  lives  have  entered  into  the  bone  and  sinew 
of  our  Republic. 


APPENDIX 

List  of  Certificates  of  Removal  from  Ireland  Re- 
ceived AT  the  Monthly  Meetings  of  Friends  in 
Pennsylvania,  1682-1750;  With  Genealogical  Notes 
from  Friends'  Records  of  Ireland  and  Pennsyl- 
vania, Genealogies,  County  Histories,  and  Other 
Books  and  Manuscripts.     (See  Bibliography.) 

PHILADELPHIA    MONTHLY   MEETING 

Established  in  1682. 

Thomas  Holme,  from  Meeting  at  Waterford  City,  Ireland, 
dated  11  Mo.  29,  1681.     See  notice  of  him,  pages  247-256. 

John  and  Joseph  Low,  from  Men's  Meeting  at  Ballyhagen, 
Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  Ireland  ;  dated  5  Mo. 
31,  1682. 

In  1679,  John  Loe,  of  Parish  of  Terterj'an,  County  Armagh,  suf- 
fered persecution  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppres- 
sion, 125. 

Archibald  Michael  [Mickle] ,  from  Men's  Meeting  at  Rich- 
ard Boyes'  house,  near  Lisburn,  County  Antrim,  Ireland, 
dated  6  Mo.  2,  1682. 

Archibald  Mickle,  cooper,  was  married  at  Philadelphia,  in  1686, 
to  Sarah  Watts.  Four  years  later  he  purchased  from  Robert 
Tur.T  ;r  a  tract  of  250  acres  in  Newton,  and  removed  thither  from 
Phr  idelphia.  He  died  there  in  1706,  his  wife  Sarah  surviving 
hi-  ..  His  children  were  :  John,  m.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Wil- 
1'  m  Cooper,  in  1704  ;  Samuel,  m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Cooper,  in  170S  ;  Daniel,  m.  Hannah  Dennis,  in  1711  ;  Archi- 
bald, m.  Mar>'  Wright,  in  1719;  Joseph,  m.  Elizabeth  Eastlack, 
in  1723  ;  James,  m.  Sarah  Eastlack,  in  1732  ;  Sarah,  m.  Ezekiel 
Siddon  ;  Mary,  m.  Arthur  Powell  ;  and  Rachel,  m.  Benjamin 
Cooper,  in  1718.' 

'See  Judge  Clement's  First  Settlers  in  A\-iuton,  139-I48.  (His  own 
corrected  copy  at  Hist.  Soc.  of  Pa.). 

277 


278        Imrnigration  of  the  Irish  Qiiakeis 

James  Atkinson. — "  16S2,  9  ^„  The  Antelope  of  Bellfast 
arrived  here  [Philadelphia]  from  Ireland.  James  Altkin- 
son  arrived  here  and  Jn°  Ashbrooke  his  servant."  {Penna. 
Mag.,  VIII.,  329). 

He  produced  a  certificate,  dated  8  Mo.  23,  1681,  from  Friends 
at  Drogheda  [Ireland]  to  Philadelphia  Mo.  Mtg.  At  Phila.  Mo. 
Mtg..  I  Mo.  6,  1683.  "  Several  Certificates  were  brought  into  the 
meeting  &  Produced,  amongst  which  there  was  a  certain  Certifi- 
cate, dated  from  Clanbrazill  [probably  Lurgan  Meeting]  in  the 
County  of  Armagh  in  Ireland,  touching  one  James  Atkinson  (who 
now  resides  at  Griffith  Jones's)  his  coming  into  this  province  con- 
trary to  the  Consent  of  friends  of  the  meeting  whereunto  he  be- 
longed, whom  friends  by  the  aforesaid  Certificate  signifyed  to  be 
very  much  in  Debt,  and  C». " 

AttheMo.  Mtg.,  5  .Mo.  3,  1683,  "  Agreed  that  Thomas  Holme, 
Thomas  Wynne  and  Griffith  Jones  do  satisfy  by  a  few  lines,  the 
friends  of  the  meeting  at  Canbrazill  concerning  James  Atkinson, 
as  touching  his  departure  out  of  England  and  Ireland  into  Penn- 
sylvania "  In  1684,  he  married  Hannah,  widow  of  Mark  Newbie, 
of  Newton  Meeting,  .N  J.  James  Atkinson,  of  Philadelphia,  shop- 
keeper, being  aged,  made  his  will  2  Mo.  16,  1711  (probated  Sept. 
6,  1711)  and  mentions  son  Thomas. 

In  1655,  William  Edmundson  (Jrurnal.  20)  says,  "  We  came 
to  a  Widow  Woman's  House,  one  Margery  Atkinson,  a  tender, 
honest  Woman,  whose  House  [near  Killmore,  County  Armagh] 
I  had  been  at  before  :  She  was  convinced  of  the  Truth  and  re- 
ceived us  lovingly.  So  we  had  a  Meeting  there  ;  the  tender 
People  thereabouts  generally  came  to  Meeting,  most  of  them  re- 
ceived the  Truth  .  .  .  We  settled  a  Meeting  there,  which 
became  large."  In  1660,  for  a  demand  of  8s.  4d.  tithes,  Mar- 
gery Atkinson  had  taken  from  her  two  cows  worth  ^3,  los. 
(Besse  II..  467). 

Dennis  Rochford,  son  of  William  Rochford,  was  born  in 
Emstorfey  [Enniscorthy]  Co.  Wexford,  Ireland,  about 
1647. 

He  became  a  Friend  about  1662.  According  to  Besse's  Siifftr- 
j«^i  (II.,  476)  he  and  other  Friends  being  "assembled  in  their 
usual  Meeting-place  in  Bride-street  [Dublin,  in  1669,]  were  taken 
thence"  and  committed  to  prison  for  five  weeks,  and  also  im- 
prisoned in  Wicklow  "Gaol,"  in  1670,  for  attending  a  meeting 
at  the  house  of  Thomas  Trafford,  in  Wicklow  {Ibid.,  479). 

He  "  went  into  England  and  landed  in  Whitehaven  in  Cumber- 
land the  30th  of  the  3d  month,  1675  ;  dwelt  in  Brighthelmston  in 


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Sussex  3  years  and  kept  a  grocer's  shop,  and  came  into  the  prov- 
ince of  Pennsilvania  with  Mary  his  wife.  Daughter  of  John  Heriott, 
of  the  parish  of  hostper  poynt  [Hvirstpierrepoint]  in  Sussex  in 
Old  England  (she  was  Born  on  the  14th  of  the  3d  month  [16]  52) 
in  the  ship  called  the  Welcom.  Robert  Greenaway  comander, 
with  two  servants,  Tho  :  Jones  &  Jeane  Mathews  :  the  said 
Dennis'  two  daughters,  Grace  and  Mary  Rochford,  dyed  upon  the 
seas  in  the  said  ship  ;  Grace  being  above  3  years  old  and 
Mary  being  6  months  old  :  the  said  Dennis  Rochford  Landed 
with  his  family  in  Pennsilvania  about  the  24th  day  of  the  Sth 
month  16S2  [not  so  early  by  a  few  days]  Mary  Rochford  the 
second  daughter  of  Dennis  &  Mary  Rochford  was  born  in  the 
Province  of  Pennsilvania  at  Egely  poynt,  in  the  county  of  Phila- 
delphia, the  22th  of  the  Sth  mo.  1683,  between  10  &  1 1  at  night, 
she  being  the  second  daughter  of  that  name  ' '  (Hist,  of  Chester  Co. , 
23  ;  Pcnna  Mag.,  VIII.,  334). 

Dennis  Rochford  settled  in  Concord  Township,  Chester  (now 
Delaware)  County,  where  he  had  located  a  large  tract  of  land. 
In  1683,  he  represented  Chester  County  in  the  Provincial  As- 
sembly (Dr.  Smith's  Hist,  of  Delaware  Co.,  497).  Later,  ap- 
parently, he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  his  name  appears 
on  the  minutes  of  the  Monthly  Meeting,  5  Mo.  i,   1684. 

Robert  Turner  and  family,  from  Men's  Meeting  in  the  City 
of  Dublin  ;  dated  5  Mo.  3,  1683.  He  be'ng  "  an  Antient 
ffriend  of  this  meeting"  and  "a  Widdow  man."  See 
notice  of  him,  pages  257-262. 

Philip  England,  certificate  dated  3  Mo.  21,  1683,  from 
Men's  Meeting,  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Benj.amin  Chandlee,  unmarried,  son  of  William  Chandlee, 
of  Kilmore,  County  Kildare,  Ireland,  from  Edenderry 
Mtg.,  King's  County,  Ireland,  dated  11  Mo.  18  [year 
omitted,  but  probably  about  1701  or  1702].  Signed  by 
William,  Jr.,  and  Nath.  Chandlee. 

Benjamin  Chandlee,  son  of  William,  of  Kilmore,  County  Kil- 
dare, Ireland,  came  to  Philadelphia  and  learned  the  trade  of  a 
clock  and  watchmaker  with  Abel  Cottey,  whose  daughter  Sarah 
he  married,  3  Mo.  25,  1710,  and  about  1715  settled  on  a  tract  of 
land  in  Nottingham,  Chester  County,  which  had  belonged  to  his 
father.  There  he  built  a  smithy  and  made  brass  cow  bells,  then 
much  needed.  In  1741,  they  removed  to  Wilmington,  Delaware, 
where  he  died  about  1745.  (See  further  account  in  Hist.  Chester 
Co.,  p.  496.) 


28o        Immigration  of  tlie  Irish  Quakers 

In  1676,  in  County  Meath,  one  William  Chanley,  of  Killncross, 
Parish  of  Trim,  had  his  goods  seized  for  tithes. — S/ock<iah\  68. 

Christopher  Pennock  was  married  prior  to  1675  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  George  Collett,  of  Clonmell,  County  Tipperary,  Ire- 
land. After  residing  there  and  in  Cornwall,  England,  for  some 
time,  he  emigrated  to  Philadelphia  about  1685,  and  died  in  that 
city  in  1701.  A  son,  Joseph,  born  at  Killhouse,  near  Clonmell, 
Ireland,  11  Mo.  18,  1677,  was  a  merchant  in  Philadelphia  until 
about  1714,  when  he  removed  to  West  Marlborough  Twp.,  Chester 
Co.,  and  settled  on  a  large  tract  of  land,  of  which  he  became  pro- 
prietor by  virtue  of  a  grant  from  William  Penn  to  George  Collett, 
his  grandfather.  In  1738  he  erected  a  large  mansion,  "Primitive 
Hall,"  in  which  he  died,  3  Mo.  27,  1771.  (See  pages  144-6.) 
By  his  wife,  Mary  Levis,  he  had  twelve  children,  an  account  of 
whom  may  be  seen  in  Hiitory  0/  Chester  County,  p.  680. 

According  to  Hesse's  Siifferini^s  of  the  Quakers,  in  1660  (II., 
467),  1666  (II.,  475)  Christopher  Pennock,  of  Cork,  Ireland,  was 
imprisoned  for  attendance  at  Friends'  meetings,  and  in  1670,  for 
the  same  reason,  he  had  49  yards  of  "stuff"  worth  £1,  9s., 
taken  from  him  (II.,  478).  In  William  Stockdalc's  Sufferings 
(p.  12),  printed  in  1683,  he  is  mentioned  as  having  6s.  taken  from 
him  for  maintenance  of  a  "Priest."  In  1675,  in  Cork  the 
"Priest"  took  seven  shillings  out  of  his  "shop-box." 
— Stockdale,  60.  In  Cork,  in  1676,  Mary  Pennock  for  keepmg 
shop  open  on  Christmas  day  was  imprisoned  for  one  night. — 
^xocVAsXft,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  231.  In  the  summer  of  1900. 
the  writer  saw  the  original  MS.  of  Dr.  John  Kutty's  Rise  and 
Prof^ress  of  the  (Juaiers  in  /re/and  (in  possession  of  John  Pim, 
J.P. ,  a  Friend,  of  Honaven,  Antrim  Road.  Belfast),  bound  in  a  piece 
of  old  parchment,  which  on  a  hasty  inspection  seemed  to  be  a 
seventeenth  century  deed,  containing  the  names  of  Christopher 
Pennock  and  George  Collett,  both  of  Cork.  In  1680,  George 
Collett,  of  Clonmell,  had  seized  for  tithes  six  "  Pewler  Dishes  and 
a  Pewter  Candlestick,"  valued  at  ^{^r.  —  Stockdalt.  165. 

The  following  extract  from  a  IcUer,  dated  2  Mo.  7,  1685,  ad- 
dressed to  Christopher  Pennock,  doubtless  refers  to  George  Collett  : 
"  Dear  Brother  Pennock.  Myne  and  my  wife's  afTectionate  love  is 
to  thee,  and  we  arc  heartily  glad  it  is  in  thy  wife's  hart  to  be 
with  thee,  and  that  the  way  is  made  for  her  ffather's  condescen- 
sion and  willingness  thereto."  ^Pennock  Papers,  belonging  to 
Mrs.  William  II.  Miller,  of  Media,  Pa.) 

John  McComd,  from  Ireland,  was  at  Philadelphia,  in  1688. 

"To  friends  of  the  Monthly  Meeting  at  Philledclpliy  these  are 

to  Salisfie  yu  conserning  John  McComb  who  1  doe  understand  is 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  281 

intended  to  take  a  wife  Amongst  yu  that  Soe  fare  as  I  know  he 
came  a  cleer  man  from  all  wiming  out  of  Ireland  Save  only  my 
daughter  which  the  lord  was  pleased  to  take  out  of  the  bodey 
to  whom  he  should  have  ben  maried  if  She  had  lived  &  about 
three  nights  before  I  came  from  my  being  in  lerland  his  father 
was  with  me  and  as  to  his  maridge  left  him  to  his  owne  liberty 
&  choise  this  I  Satisfie  under  my  [hand]  this  19th  of  the  6th 
month,  16SS. — Wm.  Stockdall." 

"John  Fuller,  of  the  towne  &  Countie  of  Philadelphia," 
merchant,  made  his  will  3  Mo.  (May)  25,  1690,  and  it  was 
proved  10  Mo.  5,1692,  by  Robert  Turner,  executor.  Samuel 
Carpenter  and  Patrick  Robinson  were  assistant  executors. 
He  leaves  "To  Elizabeth  Cuppage,'  of  Lemsone  [Lambstown, 
County  Wexford],  in  the  Kingdome  of  Ireland,  my  mother  the 
sum  of "  ^  130  "to  be  paid  to  her  in  Ireland,"  in  "case  the 
ship  Tryatl  in  which  I  goe  for  England  shall  goe  well  home,  then 
I  doe  give  unto  my  sd  mother  further  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds 
money  aforesd— to  Robert  Turner  younger — the  sum  of  five 
pounds,  and  to  Mary  Turner,  Daughter  to  the  s<i  Rob'.  Turner 
S''  the  sum  of  five  pounds — to  my  friend  George  Keith  of  Phila- 
delphia, the  sum  of  twenty  Pounds — to  Benj°  Acton  of  Salem  in 
West  New  Jersey — the  sum  of  five  Pounds — to  my  friend  Sam" 
Carpenter — the  sum  of  five  Pounds — to  John  MacCombe — the  sum 
of  thirty  Pounds — to  my  friend  Patrick  Robinson  of  Philadelphia 
— the  sum  of  five  Pounds,  to  the  Poore  of  the  People  called 
Quakers  in  the  towne  of  Philadelphia  the  sum  of  Tenn  Pounds." 
Residue  "of  Estate,  reall  cS:  Person,  Lands,  Letts,  goods  &  chat 
tells  to  Robert  Turner  Elder  of  Philadelphia  Mrcht." 

Witnesses  :  Andrew  Robeson,  John  Vest,  Samuell  Buckley. 2 

GuiAN  Stephens,  unmarried,  of  Loughgall,  Co.  Armagh, 
Ireland,  "  hath  from  his  Childhood  been  brought  up 
amongst  us."  From  Mtg.  at  Ballyhagen,  Ireland,  dated 
7  Mo.  5,  1700.     Received  2  Mo.  25,  1701. 

William  Abbott  and  daughter  from  Bandon  Meeting,  Ire- 
land, received  2  Mo.  25,  1701. 

1  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Warren,  of  Colchester,  Eng- 
land, b.  I  Mo.,  1627,  m.  first,  5  Mo.,  1645,  Robert  Valentine,  who  d.  5 
Mo.,  1651 ;  m.  second,  Henry  Fuller,  who  d.  4  Mo.,  1665  ;  ra.  third,  5  Mo., 
1667,  Robert  Cuppage,  of  Lambstown,  Ireland.  She  d.  at  Ballina- 
carrick,  2  Mo.,  1695.  Her  son  John  Fuller  was  b.  1657.  Her  daughter 
Mary  Fuller,  b.  1653.  m.  Henry  Hillary,  and  d.  8  Mo.,  1697. 

^  Publications  of  thi  Genealogical  Socitly  0/ Pennsylvania,  Vol.  I.,  81-82. 


282         Immigratio7i  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

James  Logan,  single  man,  "now  of  Pensilvania,  Late  of 
this  Citty  have  Desired  a  Certificate  from  this  meeting." 
From  Mtg.  at  Bristol,  England,  dated  12  Mo.  9,  1701. 
Original  on  file.      See  notice  of  him,  jiages  237-247. 

Elizabeth  Green,  unmarried,  from  Dublin,  Ireland,  dated 
4  Mo.  26,  1702  ;  received  4  Mo.  25,  1703.  "Lived  here 
in  this  City  [Dublin]  several  years." 

Elizabeth  and  Elinor  Arnold,  unmarried,  were  "brought 
up  by  William  Browne,  an  honest  friend  and  at  his  Death 
he  Left  them  Sumthing  to  live  on  and  his  Will  Recomended 
them  to  ye  care  of  us  undernamed,  they  having  no  parents. ' ' 
From  Wexford,  Ireland,  dated  12  Mo.  5,  1704.  Received 
4  Mo.  29,  1705. 

Mary  Wilson,  unmarried,  daughter  of  John  Wilson,  of 
Greenridge,  in  Coldbeck,  Cumberland,  England,  "  who  for 
some  years  past  hath  Lived  as  a  Servant  in  this  Citty," 
intends  "to  Return  into  her  native  Contry  again  and  from 
thence  (if  nothing  Lett)  to  'rrans|)ort  herselfe  into  pensil- 
vania." From  Mtg.  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  dated  10  ^Io.  19, 
1704.  Also,  another  certificate  from  Coldbeck  Mtg.  Cum- 
berland, dated  11  Mo.  7,  1704,  states  that  she  "hath  lived 
for  some  years  last  past  in  the  Citty  of  Dublin  and  now 
Returned  to  her  father's  house."  Thomas  and  John 
Wilson  signed  certificate.     Received  ii  Mo.  25,  1705. 

Paul  Woollfe,  from  Mo.  Mtg.  at  Dublin,  dated  12  Mo.  24, 
1706-7.     Received  12  Mo.  28,  1706-7. 

Edward  Skull,  unmarried  ("now  Supposed  in  or  about 
Pensilvania"),  from  Mtg.  in  Cork,  Ireland,  dated  i  Mo. 
9,  1706.  He  served  his  ajjprenticeshi])  with  John  Dennis, 
a  Friend  of  Cork.  Said  Skull  wrote  to  John  Dennis  for  a 
certificate  of  removal.  Original  on  file.  Received  3  Mo. 
30,  1707. 

John  Tanner,  a  letter  concerning  him  from  Lurgan  Mtg., 
Ireland,  dated  12  Mo.  26,  1706.  He  is  now  in  Phila., 
and  has  married  Mary  Rea.  Letter  brought  before  the 
Mo.  Mtg.,  5  Mo.  25,  1707.     Not  recorded. 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  2 S3 

Mary  Camm.  She  "hath  had  her  Residence  in  this  Citty 
from  Childehood,  has  also  been  a  member  of  our  womans 
meeting  for  Several  years."  Her  husband  intends  to  go 
with  her.  From  Mtg.  at  Cork,  Ireland,  dated  6  Mo.  23, 
1708.     Received  10  Mo.  31,  1708. 

John  Camm,  "by  occupation  something  of  y'  combing 
trade  &  some  other  branch  of  that  manufactory."  His  vi'ife, 
two  children,  and  servants;  dated  6  Mo.  23,  1708,  from 
Mtg.  at  Cork.  Received  9  Mo.  26,  1708.  A  letter  concern- 
ing him  from  Cork,  dated  5  Mo.  4,  1709.      Not  recorded. 

John  Camm  probably  settled  in  Philadelphia  for  a  time,  but 
subsequently  removed  to  what  is  now  Delaware  County,  where 
his  name  appears  in  a  list  of  taxables  in  17 15.  On  August  29, 
1716,  then  residing  in  Upper  Providence  Township,  and  styled 
stocking  weaver,  he  purchased  from  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Charles 
Booth,  a  messuage  and  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  said 
township,  for  a  consideration  of  ^75.  Mr.  Ashmead  in  his 
Delaware  County  (670)  is  authority  for  saying  that  John  Camm 
was  the  first  stocking  weaver  in  America.  In  1732,  Camm  in- 
serted the  following  advertisement  in  the  American  Weekly  Mit- 
cury,  issued  December  loth. 

"  Whereas,  Matthew  Burne,  of  Chester  County,  served  John 
Camm  two  years  (that  is,  ten  or  twelve  months  at  stocking  weav- 
ing and  other  work),  during  which  time  John  Camm's  stockings 
bore  many  reflections,  and  now  the  said  Matthew  Burne  goes 
about  selling  stockings  in  John  Camm's  name  as  though  they 
were  his  own  make,  which  is  false  and  not  true. 

'  ■  John  Camm."  ' 

Camm's  will,  dated  September  7,  1736,  mentions  his  wife, 
Mary,  and  son,  Henry. 

Elizabeth  Jacob,  wife  of  Caleb  Jacob,  "has  Lived  in  this 
Citty  for  aboute  7  years  and  have  been  a  member  of  our 
womens  meeting  for  a  year  or  more."  From  Cork,  Ire- 
land, dated  6  Mo.  23,  170S.      Received  9  Mo.  26,  1708. 

John  Peell,  young,  son  of  Luke  Peell,  of  Loughgall,  Ire- 
land. From  Mtg.  at  Ballyhagan,  dated  8  Mo.  17,  1708. 
Received  11  Mo.  28,  1708. 

In  1681,  Luke  Peel,  of  Parish  of  Loughgall,  County  Armagh, 
had  goods  taken  from  him  for  tithes. — Stockdale,   176. 

'  Ashmead,  669-670. 


284         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

William  Green,  unmarried,  a  young  servant.  From  Mtg.  at 
Ballycane,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland,  dated  6  Mo.  8,  1708. 
Has  lived  some  years  with  a  Friend  as  a  servant.  En- 
dorsed by  Dublin  Mtg.  6  Mo.  15,  1708. 

Samuel  Combe,  "Late  of  ye  Citty  Corke,  Cooper,  having 
transported  himselfe  and  family  to  Pensilvania  at  Such  time 
as  severall   friends  of  this   place  were   Removing  to  that 
Country  and  not  knowing  he  Should  goe  with  them,  they 
Layd   their  Intentions  of  going  before  our  meeting  time 
nor  Season  afterwards  did  not  offer  for  his  getting  a  Cer- 
tificate to  Cary  with  him  wherefore  Since  his  arrivall  there 
he  having  writ  unto  a  friend  here  to  procure  one  for  him." 
Said  Samuel  being  a  Bristol  man,  "came  over  into  this  Coun- 
try with   his  wife   Some    time  after  y'  Wars  ended  to  settle  in 
Corke  and  follow  ye  Cooping  trade  and  although  he  was  observed 
to  be  a  Laborious  painfull   man,  y"  world  favoured  him  not  with 
Success   we   hope  and  desire   it   may  be  better  in  that  country 
whtre  we  suppose  workmen  of  that  Calling  are  not  so  plenty  as  in 
this  nor  materials  to  worke  on  Soe  hard  to  be  obtained  as  here." 
Clear  in  relation  to  marriage.     Received  2  Mo.  28,  1710. 

Sarah  Massev,  wife  of  Samuel  Massey,  and  daughter  of 
Thomas  Wight,  of  Cork,  intending  to  go  to  America  with 
"her  husband  and  tender  babes."  From  Cork,  Ireland, 
dated  7  Mo.  18,  1710. 

In  To  the:  Parliament  of  England  (p.  1),  issued  by  the  Irish 
Friends,  in  1659,  Daniel  Alasscy  "aSouldier"  for  speaking  a  few 
words  to  "a  Priest  in  the  Steeple-house  at  King-sail,"  was  im- 
prisoned. Also  at  the  same  time  and  |)lace  .Sarah  Massey  for  dis- 
cussing with  the  "  Priest  "  in  her  own  shop  was  put  in  prison.  In 
1670,  Daniel  Massey  "  opening  his  shop  in  liandon-bridgeon  Holy 
day  was  stoned  and  beaten." — (Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Brief  Re- 
lation, 47.)  In  1671,  Sarah  Massey,  of  Bandon,  was  imprisoned 
for  keeping  her  shop  open  on  Christmas  day. — Stockdale,  209. 

Samuel  Massev,  tallow  chandler  and  soap  boiler,  "  having  had 
Inclinations  for  severall  years  past  (as  he  Informs  us)  to  settle 
in  "  I'ennsytvania.  "  The  cheife  motive  Represented  to  us 
for  his  Remove  is  ye  want  of  trade  to  answer  ye  gre.tt  Rents 
here  and  charges  of  his  family  wch  he  hopes  will  be  easier 
to  him  in  that  Country  he  is  Industrious  and  Carefull,  and 
his  Conversation  orderly  having  a  wife  and  five  children 
besides  servants. "      From  Cork,  dated  5  Mo.  17,  1710. 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  285 

"  At  our  3  weeks  meeting  in  Corl<e  28  °°  171 1  upon  ye  Sorrow- 
full  news  of  ye  above  Samuel  Massey  and  family  being  taken  by 
ye  french  whereby  as  he  writes  from  Antegue  he  was  deprived  of 
his  Certificate  and  Desiring  the  Coppy  thereof  to  be  sent  him  ;  we 
ye  under  named  doe  Certifie  that  ye  above  is  a  Coppy  of  what  we 
finde  to  be  Coppy  of  ye  originall  Delivered  the  sayd  Samuel  Massey 
ye  1 8th  7th  mo  :  past."    Received  8  Mo.  25,  171 1.     See  page  93. 

Samuel  Hillary,  unmarried,  son  of  Henry  Hillary,  of 
We.xford,  County  We.\ford,  Ireland,  was  brought  up  a 
Friend. 

"When  he  was  grown  up  his  Desire  was  to  go  to  Sea  to  wch 
his  parents  Consented,  and  put  him  apprentice  to  a  friend,  and 
he  served  him  honestly  to  ye  best  knowledge  and  since  he  hath 
been  out  of  his  time  he  hath  Continued  at  Sea,  but  some  time 
agoe  his  uncle  Thomas  Cuppage  a  friend  of  good  account  with 
us  Dyed,  and  left  him  part  of  his  Reall  Estate  to  ye  vakie  of  a 
hundred  pounds  per  annum,  and  he  ye  sayd  Samuel  hath  further 
acquainted  that  he  hath  Intentions  of  mariage  with  one  Jane 
Waterman  in  ye  province  of  pensilvania  to  wch  his  parents  have 
given  there  consent."  From  Mtg.  in  Wexford,  dated  4  Mo.  10, 
171 1.     Received  9  IVIo.  30,  171 1. 

In  1678,  Henry  Hillery,  of  We.vford,  for  4s.  "Poundage"  had 
"one  Iron  pot,"  valued  at  8s.  6d.,  taken  from  him. — Stcck- 
dale,  114. 

One  Nathaniel  Hillary,  of  Lurgan,  and  Grizell  Miller,  of  Dun- 
clady,  were  married  at  the  house  of  Katherine  Henderson,  in  the 
town  of  Dunclady,  8  Mo.  23,  1706. — Minutes  of  Lister  Prov.  Mtc;. 

In  1670,  one  Christopher  Hillary,  "a  Soldier  in  the  Militia 
under  Captain  Draper,  .  .  .  being  convinced  of  the  Unlawful- 
ness of  Wars  and  Fightings  under  the  Gospel  for  that  Reason 
refused  to  continue  any  longer  in  bearing  Arms  ;  For  this  he  was 
set  on  a  Wooden  Horse  with  three  Muskets  at  each  of  his  Legs, 
and  after  that  Punishment,  was  committed  to  Goal." — Besse's 
Sufferings  of  the  Quakers,  479. 

In  1670  "Christopher  Hillary,  of  Shankill  Parish  [County  Ar- 
magh] being  one  of  the  Militia,  under  Captain  Draper  ;  and 
afterwards  convinced  of  Truth,  .  .  .  and  so  for  Conscience  sake 
could  no  longer  bear  Carnal  Weapons  ;  for  which  he  was  put  on 
a  thing  called  a  Wooden-Horse,  in  Charliamount,  with  three  Mus- 
quets  at  each  Legg,  and  ordered  so  to  sit  till  four  inches  of  Match 
was  burned,  and  afterwards  committed  to  Goal,"  where  he  yet 
remains. — Holme  and  Fuller,  A  BrieJ  Relation,  46. 

In  1680  in  County  Antrim,  Francis  and  Marmaduke  Hillery 
had  their  goods  seized  for  \M^e.'s,.—  Stockdale,  142. 


2  86        Immigratio)i  of  tJic  Irish  Quakers 

John  Knight,  unmarried,  son  of  Thomas  Knight,  of  Randon, 
County  Cork,  Ireland,  dated  8  Mo.  22,  17  11,  from  meet- 
ing in  Cork.  He  now  resides  in  Philadelphia  and  has 
written  to  his  father  in  regard  to  his  certificate.  Received 
I  Mo.  2S,  17  12.  Original  on  file. 
In   1678,  in  the  City  of  Cork,  Margery  Kniijht  had  taken  for 

tithes,  "a  Brass  pot"  (7s.),  "a  Brass  Pestle  and   Mortar,  with  a 

small   Platter,"  total  value,  l6s.  ^yi'^. — Stockdale,  //  Great  Cry 

0/  Oppression,  114. 

M.\RK  Carleton  and  family,  dated  4  Mo.  3,  17  11,  froin  Mo. 
Mtg.  at  Mountmellick,  Ireland.     He  is  "  ye  Son  of  an  early 
Labourer  (after  ye  breaking  forth  of  ye  Gospel  day)  in  ye 
word  and  Testimony  of  our  Lord  Jesus,  and  his  wife  ye 
Daughterof  honest  friendsof  thisraeeting. "    Original  on  file. 
Received  8  Mo.  25,  1 71 1.    He  died  in  17 11.     See  page  96. 
Thomas  Carleton,  born  in  1636,  in  Little  Salkeld,  Cumberland, 
England,  like  his  father  spent  much  of  his  life  as  a  farmer.      He 
was  one  of  the  early  converts  to  Quakerism  and  became  an  emi- 
nent minister  of  the  Society.     In    1663,  for  the  non  payment  of 
tithes  he  was  put  in  prison  and  kept  there  for  several  years.      In 
1669,  he  married  Isabel  Mark,  of  Mosedale,  Cumberland.      About 
1674,  he  removed  to  Ireland  and  settled  at  Ballinacarrick,  County 
Wicklow.     In  168 1,  according  to  William  Stockdale  (.-?  Great  Cry 
of  Oppression,   252),  Thomas  Carleton,  of  P.ellynacarge,  County 
Wicklow,   had  taken  (2  Mo.    19)  by  the  church  wardens   "one 
Brass  pan  and  one  Pewter  dish,"  valued  at  6s.  3d.  for  "  repairinj; 
the  Parish  Worship-house  at  Rathdrum.'"      The  titles  of  several 
of  his  works,  the  first  of  which  was  The  Capti-oe' s  Complaint,  etc., 
printed  in  1668,  are  given  in  Joseph  Smith's  Catahs^ue  (1.).     He 
died  at  his  house  at   Ballinacarrick,   9  Mo.    16,  1684,  leaving  a 
wife,  at  least  three  children,  and  several  servants.' 

Mark  Carleton,  of  Ballylickbo,  son  of  Thomas  and  Isabella 
Carleton,  formerly  of  Mosedale,  Cumberland,  w.is  married,  11 
Mo.  25,  1698,  to  Susanna  Watson,  of  Ballymeane,  at  ICden- 
derry.'  They  removed  to  Pennsylvania  in  171  i,  producing  a 
certificate  of  removal,  dated  4  Mo.  3,  to  Philadelphia  Monthly 
Meeting,  8  Mo.  25,  171  l.  Mark  Carleton  apparently  soon  died, 
and  in  17 13,  his  widow  married  Richard  Parks,  a  settler  in 
Goshen,  Chester  County. 

Thomas  Carleton,  son  of  Mark  and  Susanna  Carleton,  was 
born  9  Mo.  19,   1699,  at  Ballyhakcn,   near  Edenderry,   Ireland, 

'  Leadhealer,  92. 

'  Records  of  Mountmellick  Meeting. 


PhiladelpJiia  Monthly  Meeting  287 

and  in  1720  settled  in  Kennett  Township.  Chester  County,  where 
he  married,  3  Mo.  20,  1730,  Hannah  Roberts,  widow  of  Robert 
Roberts,  and  daughter  of  William  Howell,  of  Haverford.  She 
was  born  5  Mo.  17,  1689,  and  died  5  Mo.  6,  1758.  Thomas  died 
9  Mo.  30,  1792.'  He  and  his  wife  were  active  members  of  Ken- 
nett Meeting,  and  both  eminent  ministers.  Their  children  were 
Susanna,  who  married  Michael  Harlan,  and  Thomas,  born  8  Mo. 
21,  1732,  died  6  Mo.  26,  1803,  who  married,  10  Mo.  26,  1757, 
Lydia  Gregg,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dinah.  Thpmas  had  chil- 
dren— Hannah  (m.  William  Passmore,)  Dinah.  Martha,  Mark, 
Sarah,  Samuel,  Thomas,  Lydia  (m.  Abner  Mendenhall)  Thomas, 
and  Caleb.* 

Benjamin  Mayne.  At  the  Mo.  Mtg.  g  Mo.  30,  1711.  "A 
paper  of  Condemnation  against  one  Benjamin  Mayne  from 
the  Monthly  Meeting  of  Cork  in  Ireland  was  read." 

James  Morris,  unmarried,  dated  i  Mo.  7,  1711-12,  from 
Mtg.  in  Dublin,  Ireland.  Original  on  file.  Received  5 
Mo.    25,  1712. 

Joshua  Baker  "  (who  for  Som  years  past  hath  dwelt  in  this 
Citty),"  dated  2  Mo.   13,  1712,  from  Mtg.  in  Waterford, 
Ireland.      Original  on  file.      Received  i  Mo.  27,  1713. 
Joshua  Baker,  b.  Feb.   16,  1678  ;   m.  Margery  Knight,  of  Ban- 
don   Bridge,   in   Ireland.      She   was  born  July    15,    1690.      They 
probably  lived  a  few  years  in  Philadelphia  ;  then  some  time  prior  to 
1728,  settled  in  Christiana  Hundred,  New  Castle  Co.  now  Dela- 
ware.     For  account  of  descendants,  see  Hist.  Chester,  Co.,  p.  470. 
In  1677,  one  Thomas   Baker,   "of  Clanfekiel  Parish"  had  his 
goods  seized  for  tithe  by  "  by  Andrew  Clerke,  for  John  Speer  Far- 
mer of  Tithe  from  the  said   Dean  of  Ardmagh." — Stockdale,  82. 

William  Moore,  unmarried,  "  who  had  his  Education  in  this 
Citty."  "A  great  Reson  of  his  Removeall  is  for  want  of 
a  good  Imploy  his  trade  being  bad  here."  From  Water- 
ford,  Ireland,  2  Mo.  13,  1712.  Received  i  Mo.  27,  1713. 
Original  on  file.     James  Moore  signed  certificate. 

'Jacob  Pierce,  of  Longwood,  East  Marlborough  Township,  Chester 
County,  notes  in  his  MS.  Diary,  under  date  of  10  Mo.  2,  1792  :  "  Went  to 
burial  of  our  Antient  friend  Thomas  Carlton  who  departed  this  life  the 
30th  of  last  month  in  morning  &  this  morning  the  ground  was  Cover'd 
half  inch  deep  with  Snow." 

*  Futhcy  and  Copt,  493. 


288        hnniigration  of  the  Irisli  Qiiakei-s 

Abigail  Hethkrikc.ton.  Her  master  is  a  Friend  of  this  city 
with  whom  she  has  lived  some  years.  From  Dublin,  i  Mo. 
17,  1712-13. 

John  Lancaster,  unmarried,  "  Came  about  ten  years  agoe 
out  of  Cumberland  into  this  nation  (his  parents  being  de- 
ceased) and  was  Convinced  of  Truth  amongst  us  about 
three  after  since  wch  time  he  hath  had  his  conversation 
here."  Dated  4  Mo.  3,  17 11,  from  Mo.  Mtg.  of  Mount- 
mellick,  Ireland.     Received  1  Mo.  26,  17 14. 

Isaac  Barton,  of  Clonmell,  cutler,  and  family,  dated  3  Mo. 
16,  1714,  from  Six  Weeks  Mtg.,  at  Killcomonbegg,  Ire- 
land.    Received  8  Mo.   29,  17 14. 

Francis  Erott,    unmarried,   a   Friend  by  birthright,   from 

Ballycaine,  Co.  Wicklow,  Ireland.      Dated  4  Mo.  9,  17 14  ; 

received  1 1  Mo.  8, 17 14.    His  father  consents  to  his  removal. 

His  mother  is  deceased.     William  Erott  signed  certificate. 

In  1676,  in  County  Wexford,  Francis  Errot  had  goods  (maslin, 
sheaves  of  white  peas,  hay,  "one  Barrel  of  Potatoes  and  a 
Lamb"),  valued  at  ^1.  19s.  6d.,  seized  for  tithes. — Holme  and 
Fuller,  A  Brief  Relation,  72. 

Thomas  Griffitts,  unmarried.  His  father  George  Griffuts, 
of  the  city  of  Cork,  requested  a  certificate  for  him.  Certifi- 
cate from  Mtg.  at  Cork,  dated  8  Mo.  16,  1716.  Also  from 
a  Mtg.  in  Kingston,  Jamaica,  dated  11  Mo.  21,  17 16.  An- 
other letter,  dated  "  Corke  ye  17th  of  8  mo  :  1716,"  signed 
by  George  and  P'rances  Griffitts  : 

"Esteemed  friends  Isaac  Morris  and  Jonathan  Dickinson  these 
serves  to  advise  you  ;  my  son  Thomas  Griffitts  wrote  to  me  from 
ye  bay  of  donna  Maria  that  he  was  bound  to  Philadelphia  and 
desired  me  to  make  application  to  our  meeting  for  a  Certificate  of 
his  Clearness  in  Relation  to  marriage."  He  a|)peared  at  Phila- 
delphia, 12  Mo.  22,  1 716.     Certificate  received  i   Mo.  29,  1717. 

Martha  Griffitts,  "  who;e  Husband  of  Late  being  settled  at 
kingstown  in  Jaimaca  and  hath  wrote  for  his  wife  to  come 
over  to  him  and  she  being  willing  to  goe  by  an  ojiertunity 
of  Shiping  that  jjut  into  this  Harbour  by  Contrary  winds 
bound  to  Jaimaca."  She  was  born  of  believing  ];arents. 
From  Cork,  Ireland,  6  Mo.,  6,  1709.  Frances  Griflitts 
signed  certificate.     Original  on  file. 


PliiladelpJiia  ]\IontJily  Meeting  289 

Robert  Penrose,  of  Ballykenny,  County  Wicklow,  wife 
jflary,  two  daughters,  Margaret  and  Ann  Penrose,  and  a 
single  son,  Christopher  Penrose,  who  was  brought  up  a 
Friend  and  bound  an  apprentice  to  a  Friend  in  Dublin. 
(Christopher's  certificate  is  dated  3  Mo.  21,  1717,  from 
Two  Weeks  Meeting  at  Dublin.  Original  on  file.)  Re- 
ceived 8  Mo.  25,  1717. 

Rutty  (page  128)  says  the  Penroses  of  County  Wicklow,  Ire- 
land, became  Friends  in  1669. 

In  1673,  in  County  Wicklow,  Robert  Penrose  "because  for 
Conscience  sake  he  could  not  take  an  Oath  to  be  a  Constable, 
was  committed  to  Prison"  and  detained  ten  weeks. — William 
Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  218. 

In  the  same  year,  Richard  Penrose,  for  having  questioned  a 
"Priest"  in  regard  to  an  address  made  at  a  burial  was  com- 
mitted to  Wicklow  jail  for  above  a  year. — Ibid.,  218. 

In  1677,  John  Penrose,  County  Wicklow  had  his  goods  taken 
for  tithes. — Ibid.,  91. 

Rebecca  Penrose,  daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  Penrose, 
of  Waterford,  b.  in  1703,  married  Isaac  Jacob,  of  Waterford,  Ire- 
land, and  died  2  Mo.  3,  1728. — Piety  Promoted  (Phila.,  1854) 
II.,  300.  In  1716,  Thomas  Story  (^Journal,  544)  notes  a  visit  to 
John  Penrose,  living  near  Ballycane  Meeting,  County  Wicklow. 

Robert  Penrose,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  Penrose,  born  in  York- 
shire, England,  removed  to  Ireland,  and  in  1669  was  married  to 
Anna  Russell. 

A  son  Robert,  born  in  1670,  probably  in  Back  Lane,  Dublin, 
was  married  in  1695  to  Mary  Clayton,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen 
children.  With  a  part  of  their  family  they  came  to  Pennsylvania 
about  1717.  They  lesided  for  a  time  in  Philadelphia;  then  in 
Marple  Township,  now  Delaware  County  ;  and  in  1734  took  a  cer- 
tificate of  removal  from  Chester  to  Gwynedd  Monthly  Meeting. 

Christopher,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  Penrose,  m.  3  Mo.  1 7 19, 
at  Middletown  Meeting,  now  Delaware  County,  to  Ann,  daughter 
of  Peter  and  Jane  Hunter,  of  Middletown.  Another  son,  Robert,' 
m.,  Sept.  13,  1733,  Mary  Heacock,  at  Springfield  JNIeeting,  now 
Delaware  County. 

One  William  Penrose,  who  was  probably  a  son  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Penrose,  was  married  about  1738,  under  care  of  Exeter 
Monthly  Meeting,  Berks  County,  to  Ann  Wiley.  About  1762, 
they  removed  to  Warrington,  York  County,  bringing  a  certificate, 

1  For  a  record  of  his  descendants  see  Ellwood  Roberts,  Old  Richland 
Families,  205. 


290         Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

dated  6  Mo.  24,  1762,  from  Exeter  to  Warrington  Monthly  Meet- 
ing, 9  Mo.  II,  1762,  where  both  William  and  Ann  served  as 
overseers.  Late  in  life  they  removed  to  Huntington  Township, 
now  Adams  County,  where  he  died  in  the  autumn  of  1785  leaving 
his  wife  to  survive  him.      She  died  2  Mo.  26,   1804. 

Children:  Mary,  m.  10  Mo.  21,  1762,  at  Warrington  Meeting, 
Thomas  Kdmundson,  son  of  Caleb  and  Mary  ;  Jane,  m.  5  Mo.  3, 
1764,  at  Warrington,  Jediah,  son  of  John  Hussey  ;  Phebe,  m.  5 
Mo.  13,  1766,  at  Warrington,  to  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Leech;  Hannah,  m.  4  Mo.  23,  1772,  at  Warrington, 
Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  John,  late  of  Newberry  ;  Thomas,  m.  5 
Mo.  II,  1775,  at  Warrington,  Abigail,  daughter  of  David  Cad- 
wallader,  late  of  Loudon  Co.,  Va.  (children  of  Thomas  and  Abi- 
gail :  Amos,  b.  3  Mo.  13,  1776;  Hannah,  b.  4  Mo.  29,  1779; 
Ann,  b.  6  Mo.  22,  1781  ;  William,  b.  5  Mo.  9,  1784);  William  ; 
John  ;  Susanna,  m.  5  Mo.  17,  1 78 1,  at  Warrington,  David  Cad- 
vvallader. 

Thomas  Barger,  wife  and  family,  from  Meeting  held  in 
Clonmell,  County  Tipperary,  dated  i  Mo.  24,  1 716-17. 
Original  on  file. 

Joseph  Wood,  wife  and  family.  Daughters  Ellen  and  Sarah 
unmarried.  He  "was  queried  of  concerning  his  Reasons 
for  Removing  and  the  weightiness  of  the  undertaking  (con- 
sidering his  age)  was  Layd  before  him  and  then  it  was  Left 
to  Montrath  Meeting  (to  wch  he  did  belong)  for  what  fur- 
ther might  be  needful  and  his  wife  was  queried  of  by 
friends  of  Montrath  perticular  meeting  Concerning  the 
Reasons  of  there  going  and  he  gave  account  that  they  had 
Relations  there  and  that  he  understood  that  his  trade 
(wch  is  making  parchment  and  glue)  is  far  better  there 
than  here."  From  Mountmellick  Mtg.,  dated  2  Mo.  8, 
1717.     Received  4  Mo.  27,  1718. 

William  Tayler,  unmarried,  saddletree  maker,  who  now 
dwells  in  Philadelphia.  Charles  Howell,  of  this  meeting, 
was  written  to  by  Friends  in  Pennsylvania  asking  for  a  cer- 
tificate for  him.  From  Clonmell,  County  Tipperary,  Ire- 
land, dated  i  Mo.  24,  1716.  Received  5  Mo.  25, 
1718. 

Miles  Strickland,  from  Dublin  Mtg.,  received  6  Mo.  29, 
1718. 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  291 

Thomas  Linsley  (Lindley  in  Minutes),  unmarried,  a  smith, 
lately  wrote  from  Philadelphia  for  a  certificate.  He  was  put  an 
apprentice  in  Dublin.  After  "  he  was  out  of  his  aprentiship 
he  set  up  trade  for  himself  at  Ringsend  near  this  citty." 
From  Dublin,  11  Mo.  27,  1718.     Received  7  Mo.  24,  17 19. 

Richard  Hoy,  unmarried,  "  an  Irish  man  having  lived  three 

years  and  ahalfe  with  a  friend  of  our  meeting."    Dated  12 

Mo.  7,  1724,  from  Richmond  Mo.  Mtg.,  held  at  Chantrey, 

County  York,  England.      Received   12  Mo.  25,   1725. 

Samuel  Vekner. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Property  at 

Philadelphia,  8  b'r,    29th,    1725,    "  Sam'l  Verner  (from   Ireland) 

requests  the  Grant  of  a  parcel!  of  Land  for  a  Settlement  on  Pecque 

[Pequea  Creek,  Lancaster  Covmty] ,  he  has  set  down  for  some  time. 

He  produces  good  Credentials,  both  from  our  Friends  in  Ireland 

and  others.      Sam'l  Verner  being  dead,  his  Son  David  requests  the 

Grant,  200  A's." — Penn  a  Archives,  2nd  Series,  XIX.,  734. 

George  and  Elizabeth  Deeble,  children  of  Richard  Deeble, 
of  Cork,  deceased.  The  father  died  "about  three  years 
and  a  halfe  [ago]  and  Left  nine  small  children  behinde  him, 
over  whom  ye  care  of  friends  of  this  Citty  for  theire  good 
has  not  been  wanting  and  Some  of  theire  near  Relations  in 
Pensilvania  having  Lately  given  Some  Encouragement  to 
Receive  Some  of  them  if  they  were  Sent  thither,  the  above 
named  George  and  Elizabeth  ye  two  Eldest  were  very  De- 
sirous to  go  with  a  younger  Sister."  Dated  2  Mo.  23, 
1722,  from  Mtg.  at  Cork,  Ireland.  Received  6  Mo.  31, 
1722.      Original  on  file. 

In  1 68 1,  George  Deeble,  of  Cork,  was  imprisoned  for  refusing 
to  buy  firearms  for  the  militia. — Stockdale  252. 

In  1677,  at  Cork,  Jerom  Deeble  had  taken  "  a  pair  of  Andirons" 
(I2S.)  and  Richard  Jacobs,  two  "Sledges"  and  a  hammer  (los.) 
in  all  valued  at  £\.i%. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  92. 
Letters  of  administration  on  estate  of  Jerome  Deeble,  of  Chester 
County,  were  granted  10  Mo.  13,  1716,  to  Henry  Miller  and 
Isaac  Bellarby.  Henry  Miller,'  of  Upper  Providence,  now  Dela- 
ware County,  in  his  will,  dated  12  Mo.  14,  173 1-2,  mentions  his 
cousins  George,  Elizabeth,  and  Jane  Deeble. 

'  Henry  Miller,  of  Bradninch,  Devonshire,  England,  m.  6  Mo.  27, 
1702,  at  Mynehead,  Somersetshire,  to  Sarah  Deeble,  of  Alcombe,  Somer- 
setshire, daughter  of  George  Deeble  (who  m.,  4  Mo.  17,  1669,  Dorothy 
Thorne). 


292         I))i)iiigralioH  of  the  IrisJi  Quakers 

Ann  Clifton  "  who  was  Lately  in  your  parts  and  came  over 
to  see  her  Relations  here  sum  time  agoe  Is  now  Intending 
soon  to  Return  in  order  to  Dwell  amongst  you. ' '  From  Dub- 
lin, dated  2  Mo.  13  and  14,  1724.    Received  7  Mo.  25,1724. 

Robert  Woodcock,  of  Lambstown,  Co.  Wexford,  Ireland, 
and  wife,  who  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ruth  Barcroft. 
Dated  1  Mo.  12,  1727,  from  Cooledine  Mtg.,  Ireland. 
Not  recorded. 

John  Walby  and  wife  Susanna,  dated  2  Mo.  10,  1728,  from 
Mtg.  at  Moat,  Ireland.  "  He  was  born  in  England,  & 
came  unto  this  Nation  [Ireland]  in  the  Nature  of  a  Scool 
Master.  And  first  Settled  with  our  ffrd  Samuel  Wattson  in 
the  County  of  Catherlough,  where  he  removed  for  Som 
years,  till  he  maried  Susannah  Russell  Daughter  to  our  ffrd. 
John  Russell,  of  this  Meeting.  And  lived  amongst  us  more 
than  a  year,  during  which  time  his  behaveiour  has  been 
orderly,  he  allso  brought  us  good  Certificates  both  from 
England  and  Carlow  Men's  Meeting"  Signed  by  Mary 
Russell  and  two  John  Russclls.     Received  7  Mo.  27,  17  28. 

Mary  Boves,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Lucy  Turner,  was 
married  6  Mo.  17,  1720,  in  the  Meeting  House  at  Lurgan, 
to  John  Boyes.  Dated  5  Mo.  30,  1729,  from  Lurgan  Mtg., 
Ireland.  Jane,  Ann,  IClizabeth, Sarah,  John, Jacol), Thomas, 
and  Samuel  Turner  signed  certificate.  Original  on  file. 
Received  11  Mo.  30,  1729-30.  Not  recorded. 
In  1681,  Richard  Hoys,  Anne  Richardson,  and  Robert  Oliver, 
of  I'arish  of  Magheramisk  had  their  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Stock- 
dale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  170. 

Ann  Goodbody,  unmarried;  dated  5  Mo.  29,  1729,  from 
Dublin.     Received  10  Mo.  29,  1729. 

William  Henderson.  At  Phila.  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  29,  1729, 
a  letter,  dated  2  Mo.  22,  1729,  was  received  from  Mtg.  in 
Dublin,  Ireland,  enclosing  a  testimony  of  disownment, 
dated  11  Mo.  21,  1  717,  against  William  Henderson,  form- 
erly a  minister. 

George  Howell  and  wife,  from  Mtg.  at  Cork,  dated  2  Mo. 
28,  1729. 


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Sarah  Marshall,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Deborah  Marshall, 
dated  4  Mo.  i,  1729,  from  Mo.  Mtg.  at  Edenderry,  Ire- 
land.    Received  6  Mo.  29,  1729.     Original  on  file. 

Lettice  Hatton,  unmarried,  of  this  city,  "was  not  educated 
in  our  Profession  by  her  Parents  they  not  being  of  us  but 
she  lived  about  seven  3'ears  a  Servant  to  sundry  friends  in 
this  City  who  give  a  good  report  of  her  she  having  been 
five  years  &  half  in  the  frd'  service  in  wch  she  is  now 
likely  to  remove  and  for  about  four  years  past  has  frequented 
our  Religious  meetings."  From  Dublin,  dated  5  Mo.  29, 
1729.      Received  2  Mo.  24,  1730.      Original  on  file. 

John  Low,  unmarried,  "  hath  lived  severall  years  servant  to 
Robert  Greer  &  his  Son  John  till  of  late  he  removed  him- 
self to  Lurgan."  Dated  2  Mo.  11,  1722,  from  Mtg.  at 
Grange,  near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 
Also  a  certificate,  dated  3  Mo.  7,  1729,  from  Mtg.  at 
Lurgan,  Ireland. 

Ann  Cunningham,  and  niece,  Ann,  unmarried  ;  dated  5  Mo. 
29,  1729,  from  Dublin,  Ireland.  The  niece,  Ann 
Cunningham,  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  "Goes  over  as 
Apprentice  or  Servant  to  and  along  with  our  Friend 
Thomas  Millhouse  and  his  wife.  Also  Elizabeth  and  Mary 
Cunningham,  the  small  sisters  of  the  niece  Ann  go  with 
her."  Original  on  file.  Received  10  Mo.  26,  1729. 
Not  recorded. 

In  1672,  one  Elinor  Cunningham,  widow,  of  County  Armagh, 
had  her  goods  seized  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  14. 

William  Sandwith,  unmarried,  "who  resided  for  some 
time  in  this  City  and  is  lately  removed  into  your  Parts." 
Dated  i  Mo.  24,  1729-30,  from  Dublin,  Ireland;  signed 
by  Samuel  Sandwith.  Also  a  certificate  from  Wexford 
Mo.  Mtg.  held  at  Coledine,  dated  i  Mo.  8,  1729,  stating 
that  he  is  "a  young  man  who  was  Educated  amongst 
frds  from  his  youth  &  served  an  apprenticeship  here  hon- 
estly, and  for  some  time  past  hath  betaken  himself  to  a 
seafareing  Employ  who  wrote  for  a  Certificate  to  our  parts." 
Was  at  Philadelphia  as  early  as  8  Mo.  27,  1727.  Original 
on  file. 


294        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

His  grandson.  William  Drinker,  writing  about  1795,  says  that 
William  Sandwith  was  a  native  of  County  Wexford,  and  de- 
scended from  a  family  formerly  seated  at  Sandwith,  near  White- 
haven, England.  "  He  was  between  seventy  and  eighty  years 
ago  a  merchant  and  ship  owner  of  this  city  (Philadelphia),  and 
sometimes  commander  of  his  own  vessels."  (^ee  Extracts Jrom 
the  Journal  of  Elizabeth  Drinker,  3.)  William  Sandwith  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  Martin  Jarvis,  an  Irish  Friend,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Their  daughter  Elizabeth,  born  in  the  house  of  her 
grandfather  Jarvis,  married  Henry  Drinker,  and  kept  a  diary 
(1759-1807),  interesting  extracts  from  which  were  printed  in  1889. 

Dinah  Bushby,  from  Mo.  Mtg.  held  at  Dublin,  dated  3  Mo. 
6,  1729.     Received  4  Mo.  26,  1730. 

Eunice  Conolly,  unmarried,  about  to  remove  along  with  her 
mother  and  relatives  and  friends  into  Pennsylvania.  She 
was  brought  up  a  Friend,  "but  hath  lived  as  a  Servant  to 
Severall  Friends  of  this  city."  Dated  6  Mo.  12,  1729, 
from  Mtg.  at  Dublin,  Ireland.  Original  on  file.  Re- 
ceived I  Mo.  27,  1730. 

John  Alment  and  wife,  and  Mark  Eves. — At  Philadelphia 
Monthly  Meeting,  10  Mo.  30,  1730,  "A  Certificate  for 
John  Alment  &  Wife  [Elizabeth]  to  Friends  at  Bally- 
caine  in  Ireland  was  read  &  by  order  of  the  Meeting 
signed  by  the  Clerk  and  sent  to  the  Women  Friends  to 
Sign,  being  Indorst  on  the  back  of  the  Certificate  they 
brought  with  them.  Also  a  few  lines  were  Indorst  on  the 
back  of  Mark  Eves  jun'  Certificate,  which  he  brought  from 
the  same  place  &  is  returned  thither  again." 

Hannah  Hudson,  unmarried,  dated  4  Mo.  2,  1730,  from 
Mtg.  in  Dublin.  Went  to  Pennsylvania  about  a  year  ago. 
Original  on  file.     Received  9  Mo.  27,  1730. 

Elizabeth  Hawkins,  dated  2  Mo.  6,  1731,  from  Dublin, 
Ireland.     Received  5  Mo.  30,  1731. 

William  Nicholson,  unmarried,  "of  this  City  did  some 
time  ago  remove  himself  from  hence  into  your  parts  and 
hath  since  desired  a  Certificate  .  .  .  He  was  Edu- 
cated in  the  profession  of  Truth  from  his  Childhood  by 
his  unckle  Joseph  Nicholson  a  frd  of  this  City  unto  whom 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  295 

also  he  was  bound  an  apprentice  but  before  his  time  was 
out  his  unckle  died  and  being  inclinable  to  go  to  America 
his  aunt,  who  was  his  Mistress,  consented  thereto  and  Paid 
his  Passage."  Certificate  from  Dublin.  Original  on  file. 
Received  7  Mo.  29,  1732. 

In  1680,  one  William  Nicholson,  of  Parish  of  Terterian, 
County  Armagh,  had  his  goods  seized  for  \\\k\e.%.—Stockdale,  149. 

Isaiah  McNice,  widower,  with  a  large  family,  who  hath 
lived  "within  the  compass  of  our  meeting  these  Twenty 
years."  From  Mtg.  at  Cootehill,  County  Cavan,  Ireland, 
dated  2  Mo.  21,  1736.  Received  2  Mo.  24,  1736. 
Original  on  file. 

Sarah  Smith,  unmarried,  dated  11  Mo.  25,  1731,  from 
Dublin,  Ireland.    Received  4  Mo.  30,  1732.    Not  recorded. 

Ruth  Steer,  Jr.,  unmarried,  "descended  from  an  honest 
Parentage."  Dated  3  Mo.  23,  1734,  from  Six  Weeks 
Mtg.  at  Lisburn,  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  Certificate 
signed  by  Ruth  Steere,  Sr.,  Isaac,  Catherine,  Mary,  and 
Richard  Steere.     Received  2  Mo.  26,  1735.    Not  recorded. 

Elizabeth  Deane,  dated  2  Mo.  10,  1736,  from  Ballinacree, 
County  Antrim,  Ireland.      Received  6  Mo.  28,  1736. 

John  Paterson,  "who  went  from  hence  severall  years  ago 
&  Since  has  resided  in  your  parts  is  now  about  to  marry  a 
young  woman  amongst  you  and  requesting  a  few  lines  from 
us  by  way  of  Certificate."  He  served  his  apprenticeship 
with  a  Friend  of  Dublin.  Dated  3  Mo.  25,  1736,  from 
Mtg.  in  Dublin,  Ireland.  Original  on  file.  Received  8 
Mo.  29,    1736. 

Ruth  Webb,  dated  i  Mo.  31,  1736,  from  Mtg.  in  Lurgan, 
Ireland.  She  and  Moses  Shaw  went  "away  from  this 
place."  Original  on  file.  Received  at  Philadelphia  10 
Mo.  29,  1736. 

Roger  Webb,  son  of  Edward  Webb,  then  of  Dunmurry, 
Co.  Antrim,  and  wife  Margaret,  was  born  at  Dunmurry.  about 
1622.  He  was  by  trade  a  wheelwright  or  turner.  He  was  mar- 
led, 12  Mo.  3,  1649,  to  Ann,  daughter  of  Adam  "^nowcroft,  "of 
hartfoord  green  now  Charlo,"  in  Lancashire,  England  and  Mar- 
gery, his  wife.  Children  :  Edward,  James,  John,  Edward  (2),  De- 
borah, Jonathan,  Ruth,  Mary,  Roger. — Lurgan  Records. 


296        hnmigratioH  of  llic  Irish  Quakers 

Sarah  Wilcocks,  wife  of  Issachar,  "some  ago  remov'd  with 
her  2''  Husband  into  the  Compass  of  your  meeting."  She 
was  "  marry'd  by  a  priest  to  her  present  Husband."  Dated 
I  Mo.  27,  1737,  from  Mo.  Mtg.  at  Mountrath,  Ireland. 
Received  11  Mo.  27,  1737.     Not  recorded. 

James  Hill  and  "wife  Margaret  Hill  alias  Oliver."  Dated 
5  Mo.  21,  1738,  from  Preparative  Mtg.  held  near  Ballin- 
derry,  Ireland.  Original  on  file.  Received  10  Mo.  29, 
1738  ["they  being  lately  removed  to  settle  at  Willings- 
town  in  New  Castle  County."] 

Mary  Sharp  "to  Live  with  her  Husband  James  Sharp,  who 
Some  time  past  left  this  City,  and  as  we  are  Informed  is 
Settled  amongst  you."  Dated  i  Mo.  28,  1738,  from  Dub- 
lin,  Ireland. 

Mary  Erwin  (lately  married)  with  husband  John  Erwin  ; 
dated  4  Mo.  19,  1739,  from  Dublin. 

Thomas  Rook,  unmarried,  "Oranson  to  our  Ancient  and 
Esteemed  Friend  George  Rook  of  this  City."  Dated  i 
Mo.  12,  1739-40,  from  Mtg.  in  Dublin,  Ireland. 
George  Rooke,  an  eminent  Quaker  minister  of  Ireland,  son  of 
Thomas,  was  born  at  Boltonwood  [parish  of  Boulton]  in  Cumber- 
land, England,  in  1652.  He  lost  his  father  when  he  was  eleven 
years  old,  and  his  mother  was  left  with  several  small  children  to 
support.  At  sixteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  Thomas  Drewry,  a 
carpenter  and  joiner,  one  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Society.  At  about  the  age  of  twenty-five  he  ap- 
peared in  the  ministry  and  travelled  much  in  that  service.  In 
1686,  he  removed  to  Limerick,  Ireland,  and  married  Joan  the 
daughter  of  John  Cooke.  In  1693,  he  settled  in  Dublin.  His 
wife  died  there,  7  Mo.  17,  1737  and  was  buried  in  Friends'  burial 
ground  on  Cork  Street,  aged  eighty  four.  He  spent  his  declining 
years  with  his  widowed  daughter  Rachel  Carlton,  and  her  children, 
and  died  12  Mo.  7,  1742. — Riilty  334-7  ;  Lcaiibcater,  212-226. 

Hugh  Canady,  unmarried,  and  family.  The  "Said  Hugh 
frequainted  our  Religious  meeting  for  worship  from  his 
Childhood,  &  Since  his  Wife's  Decease  (they  being  maried 
orderly  amongst  us)  ha.s  been  Endusterous  in  Labouring 
for  a  livelihood  for  his  Children,  &  some  of  them  being 
Grown    up  has  behaved   prity   orderly    Considering   their 


Philadelphia  Monthly  Meeting  297 

yeares."     Dated  2  Mo.  3,  1741,  from  Men's  Meeting  held 

near  Charlemont,  Ireland.     Original  on  file.     Not  recorded. 

See  page  98. 

Hugh  Kenedy  and  Elizabeth  Parker,  both  of  Grange  Mtg.  near 
Charlemont,  were  m.  there,  9  Mo.  6,  1723. — Minutes  of  Ulster 
Province  Altg. 

Abel  Chamberlain,  unmarried,  served  his  apprenticeship  in 
this  city,  dated  11  Mo.  26,  1740,  from  Three  Weeks  Mtg.  in 
Cork,  Ireland.    Original  on  file.     Received  3  Mo.  22,  1 741. 

James  Moore,  widower,  dated  i  Mo.  6,  1 740-1,  from  Mtg. 
at  Waterford,  Ireland.  Original  on  file.  Received  4  Mo. 
26,  1741. 

Joseph  Deane,  unmarried,  son  of  Alexander  Deane,  "who 
formerly  resided  within  the  Compass  of  this  Meeting  & 
has  lately  left  this  in  order  to  Transport  himself  to  Your 
Province  he  having  been  in  sd  Province  before."  Dated 
5  Mo.  14,  1740,  from  Mtg.  in  Antrim,  Ireland.  Received 
7  Mo.  25,  1741. 

Joseph  Garnett,  unmarried,  of  Dublin,  dated  5  Mo.  27, 
1742,  from  Dublin  Mtg.  Original  on  file.  At  the  Mo. 
Mtg.  of  Phila.,  10  Mo.  31,  1742,  he  is  reported  as  having 
returned  to  his  home  in  Dublin. 

David  Dean,  "a  young  man  who  was  born  and  hitherto 
Educated  within  the  bounds  of  this  Meeting."  Unmar- 
ried. Dated  2  Mo.  25,  1747,  from  Mtg.  in  Antrim,  Ire- 
land.    Received  10.  25,  1747. 

John  Nevitt  accompanies  his  brother  "into  your  parts." 
Dated  2  Mo.  28,  1751,  from  Moate,  Ireland.  Received  8 
Mo.,  25,  1751. 

Patience  Richardson,  unmarried,  dated  6  Mo.  28,  1750, 
from  Dublin.      Received  12  Mo.  27,  1751. 

Elizabeth  Little  sometime  ago  returned  from  this  city  to 
settle  in  Pennsylvania  as  a  servant.  From  Dublin,  dated  i 
Mo.  12,  1750-1. 

John  Tagart  and  wife  Mary,  dated  5  Mo.  11,  1750,  from 
Lurgan,  Ireland. 


298         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Qicakers 

John  Britten  and  three  children,  Jacob,  John  and  Susanna, 
all  unmarried.  From  Cooledine  Mtg.,  County  Wexford, 
Ireland.     Received  6  Mo.  31,  1750. 

William  Johnson.  "He  served  an  apprenticeship  to  a 
merchant  within  the  bounds  of  Lisburn  Meeting."  Dated 
6  Mo.  II,  1752,  from  Ballyhagen  Mtg.,  Ireland.  Re- 
ceived I  Mo.  26,  1753. 

Jamrs  Eddy  and  wife,  dated  5  Mo.  i,  1753,  from  Dublin. 
Received  9  Mo.  28,  1753. 

Mary  Anderson,  wife  of  Samuel,  late  of  this  city,  having 
some  years  since  removed  to  Philadelphia.  Dated  5  Mo. 
3,  1751,  from  Waterford,  Ireland.  Received  11  Mo.  30, 
1753- 

Lydia  Darragh,  from  Dublin,  Ireland,  dated  9  Mo.  17,  1765, 
she  having  removed  thither  with  her  husband  and  family. 
See  pages  273-4. 

FALLS   MONTHLY   MEETING 

In  Bucks  County.     Established  in  1683. 

James  Downey,  received  6  Mo.  i,  1711,  "from  friends  in 
Ireland."  Married  Hannah  Ellott  in  1712.  His  certifi- 
cate is  recorded  in  Certificate  Book  of  Middletown  Mo. 
Mtg.      (See  Middletown  Monthly  Meeting.) 

BUCKINGHAM    MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Bucks  County.      Established  in  1720,  from  Falls. 

Richard  Church,  received  9  Mo.  4,  1729,  from  Ireland, 
dated  3  Mo.  4,  1729. 

John  Stephenson,  received  i   Mo.  7,  1742-3,   from  Eden- 
derry  [King's  Co.]  ,  Ireland.     Also  credentials  from  Friends 
in  Chester  County,  where  he  has  for  some  considerable  time 
resided. 
One  James  Stephenson,  of  Ballyhagen  Mtg.,  and  Mary  Milikin 

of  Monallan   Mtg.,  were   married,  12  Mo.  17,  1708,  at  Monallan 

Mtg. — Minutes  of  Lister  Prov.  Atlg. 


Wriglitstoivn  Monthly  Meeting  299 

WRIGHTSTOWN    MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Bucks  County.     Established  in  1734,  from  Buckingham. 

A  certificate  for  James  Dean  and  most  of  his  family  to  Ire- 
land was  signed  7  Mo.  5,  173S. 

Alexander  Dean/  unmarried,  received  11  Mo.  5,  1741-2, 
from  Friends  at  the  Grange  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  A  cer- 
tificate for  him  to  Ireland  was  signed  3  Mo.  2,  1741-2. 
A  certificate  for  Alexander  Dean'  and 

James  Dean,  Jr.,  from  the  Six  Weeks  Meeting  at  Antrim  in 
Ireland,  was  received  9  Mo.  2,  1742-3. 

Samuel  Dean  from  same  meeting,  received  11  Mo.  4, 
1742-3- 

John  Dean,  received  11  Mo.  6,  1746-7,  from  Six  Weeks 
Meeting  at  Grange,  Ireland.  A  certificate  for  him  to  Ire- 
land, signed  9  Mo.  7,  1749. 

'At  Grange  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  2  Mo.  7,  1740,  "James  Deaue 
Recomending  his  .son  Alexander  to  this  meeting  for  a  certyfycate,  he  hav- 
ing a  mind  to  Transport  himself  to  America,  a  certifycate  was  this  day 
signed,  setting  forth  that  the  said  Alexander  Deane  was  in  unity  with 
Friends  and  free  from  Ingageraents  in  Relation  to  marriage"  etc. 

At  Antrim  Meeting,  5  Mo.  14,  1740,  "Ruth  the  wife  of  Alexander 
Deane  came  into  this  meeting  and  requested  a  certyfycate  for  her  son 
Joseph  who  has  lately  left  this  in  order  to  Transport  himself  to  America, 
on  which  a  certyfycate  was  drawn  and  signed  setting  forth  his  honest  be- 
haveour,  free  of  scandall  &c,  and  altho  wee  could  not  say  he  was  in  close 
unity  w""  us  w""  respect  to  discipline  yet  he  lived  pretty  much  in  love  with 
friends,  frequented  our  meetings  for  worship  and  was  free  of  engagements 
in  relation  to  marriage,  wee  recommend  liim  to  the  care  of  Friends  in 
America." 

Alexander  Dean  and  Ruth  Wilkison,  both  of  Antrim  Mtg. ,  were  mar- 
ried in  the  town  of  Antrim,  3  Mo.  13,  1713. — Minutes  of  Ulster  Province 
Mtg. 

2  A  certificate  for  Alexander  Deane  to  Antrim,  Ireland,  was  signed  at 
Wrightstown,  7  Mo.  3,  1745.  At  Antrim  Meeting,  Ireland,  a  certificate 
to  America  for  Alexander  Deane  was  signed  10  Mo.  27,  1760. 


300        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 
MIDDLETOWN    MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Bucks  County.     Established  in  16S3. 

Ann  Millcum  [Malcum  or  Milcoml)] ,  certificate,  dated  i 
Mo.  31,  1682,  from  Ballyhagan  Meeting,  Parish  of  Kill- 
more,  County  Armagh,  with  her  daughter,  Jane  (ireer,  of 
Loughall,  Parish  of  Loughall,  County  Armagh,  Ireland, 
laid  intentions  of  removal  before  our  meeting,  4  Mo.  9th 
last,  "Where  the  said  meeting  inquired  of  them  the  rea- 
son why  they  had  a  mind  to  such  a  great  journey,  having 
no  man  in  their  family  e.Kccpt  they  might  get  a  servant  or 
servants,  and  having  no  want  of  things  necessary  for  a 
livelihood  ;  the  said  Ann  Millcum  re])lied  that  her  daugh- 
ter Jane  had  a  great  desire  to  go  and  being  not  willing  to 
part  with  her,  after  such  a  manner,  was  rather  willing  to 
take  her  adventure  with  her  other  daughter,  and  so  go  all 
together,  being  accompanied  with  another  daughter  of  hers, 
and  her  husband  and  children,  with  several  neighbors  also, 
and  seeing  it  was  her  resolution  to  go  as  aforesaid." 
In   16S0,   in    County  Armagh,   Ann    Malcum,   widow,   had  six 

"  car-loads  of  Hey  "  seized  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  149.      In  1673, 

in  County   FJown,   one   John    Malcum  had  his  goods  seized  for 

tithes. — Ihid.,  26. 

James  Domey  (dated  7  Mo.  25,  1709),  of  Parish  of  Ballin- 
derry.  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  "  hath  frecjuented  our 
meetings  several  years  and  hath  lived  with  an  honest 
friend,  one  John  Haldon  nine  or  ten  years."  Unmarried. 
From  Meeting  held  at  Richard  Boyes'  (Ballinderry  Mtg. ). 

Jane  Hearlam,  dated  i  Mo.  11,  1713,  from  Mountmellick 
Meeting,  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  "  having  dwelt  among 
us  about  fifteen  years,  was  educated  by  her  uncle  William 
Huddleston." 


ABINGTON    MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Montgomery  County.      Established  in  16S3. 

Thomas   Strickland,  received  s  Mo.  28,  171S,  from   Dub- 
lin, Ireland. 


Gwynedd  MontJily  Meeting  30 1 

John  Firth,  received  9  Mo.  25,  1728,  two  certificates,   one 
from  London  to  Dublin  and  one  from  Dublin  to  Pennsyl- 


WiLLi AM  Lander,  received  4  Mo.  29,  1730,  from  Ireland. 

John,  Thomas,  and  James  Rose,  received   5  Mo.  27,  1740, 

from  Ireland. 

John  Rose  received  a  certificate  to  Buckingham  in  1734. 
Later  he  was  living  in  Germantown.  James  Rose  received  a  cer- 
tificate to  Buckingham  in  1735.  Thomas  Rose  m.  Margaret 
Lucken,  in  1738,  and  resided  in  Germantown.  For  many  years 
he  served  as  overseer  and  elder  of  Germantown  Meeting  and  as 
clerk  of  Abington  Monthly  Meeting.  He  died  9  Mo.  17,  1785, 
aged  84  years  and  3  months. 

Isaac  Davenport,  received   10  Mo.  30,  1734,  from  Ireland. 

Patrick  Holland  and  wife  from  Ireland,  received  7  Mo.  28, 
1741. 

Patrick  Henderson,'  received  11  Mo.  3,  1708,  two  certifi- 
cates, one  from  Ballyhagan,  Ireland,  and  the  other  from 
Long  Island.      See  page  97. 

GWYNEDD   MONTHLY    MEETING 

la  Montgomery  County.      Established  in  1714,  from  Radnor. 

Peter  Cloak  and  wife,  received  3  Mo.  28,  1723,  one  cer- 
tificate from  Britain  and  the  other  from  Ireland. 

Margaret  Collins,  received  6  Mo.  29,  1732,  from  Dublin, 
Ireland. 

James  Wood,  received  8  Mo.  28,  1735,  from  Dublin. 

Rebecca  Byrn,  received  3  Mo.  31,  1737,  from  Ireland. 

At  Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  3  Mo.  4,  1745.  Rebecca  "  Burn  " 
produced  a  certificate  from  Gwynedd  ;   but  4  Mo.  i,  1745,  the  said 

'Jonathan  Burnyeat  [Diary,  41,  London,  1857)  states  that  on  10  Mo. 
26,  1705,  he  "came  to  Dunglody,  to  Katherine  Henderson's  house 
(Patrick's  mother),  where  we  had  a  meeting."  In  1716,  Thomas  Story 
{^Journal,  537)  notes  that  he  came  to  the  widow  Henderson's  at  Dun- 
claudy,  County  Antrim. 


302         Imtnigration  of  the  IHsh  ^takers 

Rebecca  ' '  being  removed  back  again  ' '  her  certificate  was  returned 
to  Gwynedd. 

One  Joshua  Bryne  (b.  in  1718,  d.  7  Mo.  29,  1777).  of  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware,  son  of  Daniel  and  Rebecca  Bryne,  was  married, 
I  Mo.  15,  1750,  to  Ruth  Woodcock,  at  Wilmington. — Kennett 
Records. 

RADNOR  (HAVERFORD)    MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Delaware  County.     Established  in   1684. 

Moses  Coaxes  and  wife  [Susanna],  dated   3  Mo.   8,  1717, 

from   Carlow  Meeting,  County  Carlow,  Ireland.      He  was 

brought  up  at  Carlow  from  a  child,  and  took  his  wife  from 

among  Friends  in  the  Province  of  Munster. 

Moses  Coates,'  who  has  already  been  noticed  on  pages  154-155, 

settled  at  the  site  of  Phcenixville.     He  and  his  wife  Susanna  had 

the    following  children:    Thomas,    m.    3   Mo.    21,    1741,    Sarah, 

daughter  of   Henry  Miller,  of  Providence,  now  Delaware  County 

(children  :   Henry,  Susanna,  Jonathan  and  Samuel);  Samuel,  m. 

in    1743,    Elizabeth    Mendenliall  (children :    Aaron,    Moses,  and 

Isaac);  Moses,  m.  Priscilla  Hutchinson  (children  ;  Sarah,  Susanna, 

Phebe,    Moses,    Mary,    John,    Thomas,    Mahlon,     Priscilla,   and 

Aquila);  Benjamin,  m.  in  1756,  Ann  Longstreth  (children  :  Jane, 

Susanna,   Benjamin,  and  Tacy);    Jonathan,  m.  Jane   Longstreth 

(children  :    Ann,   James,    Hannah,    Jonathan,    Susanna,    Phebe, 

Keziah,  Grace,  Isaac,  Jane,  and  Elizabeth);  Aaron  ;  and  Elizabeth, 

m.  John  Mendenhall. 

Moses  Coates,  son  of  Samuel,  and  grandson  of  the  emigrant, 
married  in  1770,  Hannah  Musgrave,  and  after  her  death  married 
Mary  Vickers,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Dr.  Jesse  Coates,  founder 
of  Coatesville,  Chester  County. 

Thomas  Coi;rtney,  received   9  Mo.    12,  1742,  dated  2  Mo. 

22,  1741,  from  the  monthly  meeting  [Grange]    held  near 

Chariemont,  Co.  Armagh,  Ireland. 

One  Thomas  Courtney,  of  Grange  Mtg.,  and  Ruth  Trueman, 
of  Lurgan  Mtg.,  were  married  i  Mo.  25,  1702,  in  the  town  of 
Lurgan. — Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov.  Aftff. 

In  1681,  Toby  Courtney,  of  Parish  of  Maherlin,  County  Down, 
had  his  goods  seized  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  170. 

'  Oae  William  Coats,  of  Ballenbagcrt,  Parish  Kilroore,  Countjr  Armagh, 
made  his  will,  8  Mo.  II,  1697,  and  mentions  his  children  Joseph  and  Sarah. 
John  Coals  wai  a  witness.      i^RecordeJ  in  Friends  Records.) 


Chester  Monthly  Meeting  303 

CHESTER   MONTHLY    MEETING 

In  Delaware  County.     Established  in  l68i. 

Thomas  Jacob,  received  6  Mo.  28,  17 10,  from  Cork,  Ireland, 
endorsed  by  Darby  Mo.  Mtg. ,  Pa. 

Edward  Thompson,  received  4  Mo.  30,  17 12,  from  Lurgan 
Meeting,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

John  Saul,  unmarried,  received  3  Mo.  31,  17 14,  dated  10 
Mo.  I,  1713,  from  Two  Weeks  .Meeting,  Dublin,  Ireland, 
"  from  Cumberland  in  England  Some  years  ago." 

Samuel  Worthington,  son  of  Robert,  received  9  Mo.  24, 
1712,  dated  5  Mo.  25,  1711,  from  meeting  at  Moate  of 
Greenage,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 

Francis  Jones,  and  family,  received  6  Mo.  31,  1713,  dated  6 
Mo.  17  1711  ;  "about  three  years  ago  they  came  over 
here  to  Pembrocksheire  [Wales]  from  Ireland  and  ever 
since  did  belong  to  our  monthly  meeting  at  Redstone." 

Thomas  Coebourn,  wife  and  children,  received  10  Mo.  27, 
1714,  dated  2  Mo.  11,  1714,  from  Monthly  Meeting  at  Ca- 
shell.  County  Tipperary,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Coebourn  (father  of  above  Thomas),  with  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, came  from  Berkshire,  England,  accompanied  by  sons  Wil- 
liam and  Joseph.  They  arrived  at  Chester  in  1682,  a  short  time 
before  the  first  visit  of  William  Penn,  and  settled  on  a  large  tract 
of  land  in  Chester  Township,  which  after  the  death  of  his  wife  in 
1688,  Thomas  conveyed  to  his  two  sons.  William  was  married 
to  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Baker,  in  1686,  and  Joseph  to  Sus- 
anna Churchman,  in  1690.  Thomas  was  a  carpenter.  For  some 
time  after  his  arrival  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  Chester 
Monthly  Meeting.  About  the  year  1687,  he  built  a  mill — the 
second  on  Chester  Creek — which  gave  offence  to  Caleb  Pusey 
and  the  other  proprietors  of  the  Chester  Mills. — Smith's  History 
of  Delaware  County,  454  ;  Gilbert  Cope. 

Joseph  Coebourn,  of  Aston  Township,  now  Delaware  County, 
made  his  will  3  Mo.  28,  1723,  and  it  was  probated  4  Mo.  5,  1723. 
Mentions  wife  Sarah  and  children — Sarah,  Dinah,  Lydia,  Susanna, 
Joseph,  Thomas,  and  Elizabeth  (Pedrick). 

Israel  Acrelius  in  his  History  0/  A^eiu  Sweden  (printed  at  Stock- 
holm, 1759),  printed  in  translation  in  iZj6  (Memoirs  of  Hist.  Soc. 
of  Peniia.,  XI.,  156),  writes  :    "Joseph  Cobern,  in  Chester,  twenty 


304         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

years  ago,  had  the  blessing  to  have  his  wife  have  twins,  his  cow  two 
calves,  and  his  ewe  two  lambs,  all  on  one  night  in  the  month  of 
March.     All  continued  to  live." 

Benjamin  Head  and  family,  received  11  Mo.  28,  1716,  a  cer- 
tificate from  Cork,  dated  i  Mo.  17,  171 5,  and  also  one 
from  Charlwell,  Ireland,  dated  4  Mo.  10,  1715. 

Sarah  Harris,  [widow  of  Roger,  and  children,  received  4 
Mo.  27,  I  7  15,  from  New  Garden  Meeting,  County  Carlow, 
Ireland. 

Alexander  Ross,  a  Friend,  migrated  from  Ireland,  and  set- 
led  within  the  boimds  of  Chester  Monthly  Meeting,  early 
in  the  i8th  century. 

In  1706,  he  married  Catharine  Chambers,  of  Chichester,  now 
Delaware  County,  and  in  171 3  removed  to  Havcrford,  in  the  same 
county.  In  171 5,  he  returned  to  Chester  Meeting,  and  from 
thence  removed  to  New  Garden  Meeting,  Chester  County,  where 
it  seems  he  remained  till  about  the  year  1732,  when  he  and  a 
number  of  other  Friends  obtained  a  grant  for  100,000  acres  of 
land  near  the  Opequan  Creek,  in  what  is  now  Frederick  County, 
Virginia.  To  this  place  Ross  and  his  assoiates  removed,  formed 
a  settlement,  and  established  Hopewell  Monthly  Meeting.  Ross's 
children  were  Mary,  Lydia,  Rebecca,  John,  George,  and  Albeinah. 
— Dr.  Smith's  History  of  Delaware  County,  497. 

James  Hind,  wife  Ruth,  and  daughter,  received  12  Mo.  25, 
1 7 16,  from  Moat  Monthly  Meeting,  County  West  Meath, 
Ireland. 

Rachel  Coebourn,  received  4  Mo.  25,  1717,  from  Killconi- 
mon  Monthly  Meeting,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland. 

Peter  Hi/Nter,  of  Ballenecarick,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland, 
wife  and  daughter  .\nn  (unm.),  received  6  Mo.  26,  1717, 
dated  11  Mo.  13,  1716,  from  Ballycane  Meeting,  County 
Wicklow,  Ireland. 

Ann  Weldin,  received  9  Mo.  25,  1717,  from  Killcommon 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland. 

Rebecca  Starr,  received  i  Mo.  31,  17  iS,  from  Carlow  Meet- 
ing, County  Carlow,  Ireland. 


Chester  Monlhly  Meeting  305 

Robert  Penrose,  Jr.,  tanner,  unmarried,  received  3  Mo.  25, 
1724,  dated  3  Mo.  10,  1721,  from  Dublin,  Ireland. 

William  Roeison,  unmarried,  received  3  Mo.  25,  1724,  dated 
7  Mo.  16,  1722,  from  Ballycane  Meeting,  County  Wicklow, 
Ireland. 

One  John  Robinson,  of  Killageonahan,  Co.  West  Meath,  was 
married  to  Jane  Lecky,  of  Kilmeany,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary,  at  Carlow,  7  Mo.  19,  1733.  She  was  born  2  Mo.  12,  1687, 
at  Staplestown. — Records  of  Carloiv  Mo.  Mtg. 

Thomas  Parke,  who  "lived  Since  his  Convincement  which 
is  Nigh  40  years  amongst  us"  and  family.  Two 
sons,  Thomas  and  Jonathan  are  unmarried.  Received  1 1 
Mo.  25,  1724-5,  dated  2  Mo.  15,  1724,  from  Carlow 
Meeting,  County  Carlow,  Ireland.      See  pages  69-79. 

Thomas  Parke,'  of  Ballean  contra  Ballylean,  County  Cavan, 
born  about  1660,  was  married.  10  Mo.  21,  1692,  at  New  Garden 
Meeting,  County  Carlow,  to  Rebecca  Warr  or  Ward,  of  Bally- 
redmond.  She  was  born  about  1672.  Thomas  Parke  ^  was  a  far- 
mer in  Ireland,  and  in  1720  owned  some  land  in  Ballilean,  Bal- 
laghmore  and  Coolisnacktah.  In  May,  1723,  he  sold  his  stock  of 
cattle  and  prepared  to  leave  Ireland.  On  May  21,  1724,  with  all 
his  family  except  Mary  and  Susanna,  he  took  passage  at  Dublin 
on  the  ship  Sizargh,  of  Whitehaven,  Jeremiah  Cowman,  master, 
and  after  a  rough  voyage,  as  his  son  Robert  notes  in  his  journal, 
they  arrived  within  Delaware  Bay  on  August  21st.'  Thomas  leased 
from  Mary  Head  (an  Irish  Friend)  a  property  near  Chester,  as  a 
temporary  home,  but  on  December  2d  purchased  from  Thomas 
Lindley  500  acres  of  land  in  the  Great  Valley  on  the  west  side  of 
what  is  now  Downingtown,  Chester  County.      He  was  an  elder  of 

'Children  of  Robert  and  Margery  Park  :  Eleanor,  b.  I  Mo.  2,  1 684,  at 
Ballyredman,  Co.  Carlow  ;  Martha,  b.  12  Mo.  3,  16S6,  at  same  place  ; 
Robert  b.  8  Mo.  13,  168S,  at  same  place;  William  b.  10  Mo.  11,  l6go, 
at  same  place;  Thomas,  b.  11  Mo.  20,  1694,-  at  same  place. — Rrcords 
Carlow  Meeting. 

*  Records  of  Carlow  Meeting.,  Ireland ;  History  of  Chester  County,  673  ; 
Smedley  Genealogy,  166-7  !  The  Parke  Family  ( by  James  Pemberton  Parke, 
printed  in  Chester  County  fournil,  Downingtown,  Feb.  8,  1868);  copy  of 
J.  P.  Parke's  MS.  history  of  Parke  family. 

'  There  were  ninety-four  passengers  aboard  the  vessel. 


3o6        Immigratioji  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Cain  Meeting  and  well  esteemed  by  Friends.     He  died  i  Mo.  31, 
1738,  and  his  widow,  6  Mo.  21,  1749.     Children  were: 

I.  Mary  I'arke,  b.  7  Mo.   18,  1693,  at  Ballintrain. 

II.  Robert  Parke,  b.  i  Mo.  23,  1 694,  at  Ballintrain,  had  been 
a  storekeeper  in  Dublin,  in  1720-1,  but  on  his  arrival  in  Pennsyl- 
vania he  became  a  clerk  and  conveyancer  in  Chester.  For  some 
years  he  served  as  Recorder  of  Deeds  in  Chester  County.  In 
1727,  he  made  a  voyage  to  Bristol,  England,  and  to  Dublin,  a  ship 
companion  on  the  voyage  being  Elizabeth  Whartenby,  a  minister 
of  the  Society.  In  1728,  he  made  the  return  voyage  bringing 
over  six  indented  servants.  He  died  Feb.  9,  1736-7,  unmar- 
ried. 

III.  Susanna  I'arke,  b.  10  Mo.  22,  1696,  at  Ballintrain;  re- 
mained in  Ireland,  unmarried. 

IV.  Rebecca  Parke,  b.  11  Mo.  27,  1698,  at  Ballintrain;  m. 
Hugh  Stalker.  Came  over  on  the  Sizargh  with  Thomas 
Parke. 

V.  Rachel  Parke,  b.  Dec.  26,  1700;  m.  Aug.  17,  1727,  Wil- 
liam Robinson,  who  came  from  County  Wicklow  to  Chester 
Monthly  Meeting  about  1722. 

VI.  Jean  Parke,  b.  April  6,  1703  ;  died  Apr.  12,  1705  ;  buried 
at  Ballikelly. 

VII.  Thomas  Parke,  b.  March  13,  1704-5  ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1758; 
m.  2  .Mo.  26,  1739,  Jane,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  Edge.  He 
became  the  owner  and  landlord  of  the  "Ship"  tavern  in  East 
Cain.  Children  were  Robert,  m.  Ann  Edge  ;  Sarah,  m.  Owen 
Biddle,  of  Philadelphia,  and  had  a  son  Clement  Biddle,  who  m. 
Mary  Canby  ;  Rebecca,  m.  William  Webb  ;  Hannah,  m.  Benja- 
min Poultney  ;  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  6,  1749.  m.  in  1775,  Rachel, 
daughter  of  James  Pemberton,  and  became  a  distinguished  physi- 
cian of  Philadelphia  ;  Jane  ;  Jacob. 

VIII.  Abel   Parke,  b.  Feb.  22,  1706-7;  d.  July  2t,  1757;  m. 

Deborah   .      In  1735.  he  built  the   "Ship"  tavern  on  the 

main  road  from  Philadelphia  to  Lancaster. 

IX.  Jonathan  Parke,  b.  April  18,  1709;  d.  April  5,  1767;  m. 
2  Mo.  29,  1731,  Deborah,  daughter  of  -Abiah  and  Deborah 
Taylor,  and  settled  on  200  acres  of  land  in  East  Bradford,  Chester 
County,  conveyed  to  him  by  his  father-in  law.  Children  :  Joseph  ; 
Deborah,  m.  Samuel  Cope  ;  Abiah  ;  Rebecca,  m.  James  Webb  ; 
Alice,  m.  Col.  John  Hannum  ;  Jonathan  ;  .Mary. 

X.  Elizabeth  Parke,  b.  Oct.  5,  1711  ;  d.  April  16,  1746;  m. 
John  Jackson. 

Jane  Hunter,  dated  3  Mo.  8,  1724,  from  Ballycane,  County 
Wicklow,  Ireland. 


Chester'  MontJily  Meeting  307 

Georoe  Deeble,  "A  Youth  who  Came  over  hear  about  two 
years  ago  and  brought  with  him  a  Certificate  from  ffriends  of 
Cork  in  Ireland  Concerning  him  and  his  Sisters  giving 
Some  account  of  the  Occasion  of  their  Coming  over 
to  Some  near  Relations  of  theirs  in  Province  .  .  .  who 
after  Some  Short  Stay  here  went  to  Some  of  his  Relations 
and  lives  within  the  Verge  of  your  Monthly  Meeting." 
Received  i  Mo.  29,  1729,  dated  i  Mo.  26,  1725,  from 
Philadelphia. 

Mary  Richardson,  dated  2  Mo.  13,  1727,  late  from  Ire- 
land, certificate  from  Bridgetown  Monthly  Meeting,  Bar- 
badoes  Island,  West  Indies. 

ISABELL  Bell,  received  7  Mo.  29,  1729,  from  Ballinderry, 
County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

Abigail  Bell,  sometime  "from  native  country  of  Ireland," 
received  7  Mo.  25,  1732,  dated  2  Mo.  11,  1732,  from 
Cecil  Monthly  Meeting,  Kent  County,  Md. 

Mary  Ashton,  wife  of  Peter,  received  8  Mo.  30,  1732, 
dated  2  Mo.  30,  1732,  from  Mountrath  Monthly  Meeting, 
Queen's  County,  Ireland  ;  "  was  Convinced  about  two  years 
ago  and  hath  ever  since  Lived  within  the  Compass  of  our 
Monthly  Meeting,  but  now  with  her  husband  "  is  going  to 
Pennsylvania. 

Joseph  Sleigh,    received  6  Mo.    26,    1734,  from   Monthly 

Meeting  at  Cork,  Ireland. 

One  Joseph  Sleight,  tanner,  of  Dublin,  joined  with  Robert 
Turner  and  other  Irish  Friends,  in  the  purchase  of  one  share  of 
West  Jersey,  April  12,  1677. — Book  D,  p.  240,  Clement  Papers, 
Hist.  Soc.  of  Penna. 

Thomas  Fawcett,  wife  Lydia,  and  three  sons,  Thomas,  John, 

and  Richard,  received  9  Mo.  29,  1736,  from  Ballinderry, 

County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

One  John  ffawsett  and  Judith  Thwayts,  both  of  Parish  of  Shan- 
kill,  County  Armagh,  were  married  5  ;\Io.  19,  1682,  at  the  house 
of  Mark  Wright. — Lurgan  Records. 

Thomas  ffawsett  of  Grange  Mtg.  and  Lydia  Boyes,  of  Ballin- 
derry Mtg.,  were  married  at  the  house  of  Richard  Boyes,  4  Mo.  2, 
1708. — Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov.  Mtg, 


3o8         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

John  Parvin,  received  6  Mo.  28,  1732,  from  Moat,  County 
West  Meath,  Ireland.  He  not  "intending  to  reside  here 
long  it  [his  certificate]  was  returned  to  him  and  agreed 
he  should  have  a  few  lines  on  the  back  of  the  said  Certifi- 
cate when  he  returns  if  he  request  it." 

Nicholas  Newlin,  wife,  and  sons,  Nathaniel  and  John, 
dated  12  Mo.  25,  1682,  from  Mountmellick  Mtg.,  Ire- 
land.— Jackson  Genealogy,  p.  1 1 8.  See  biographical  notice, 
pages  57-9,  271-3. 

Jane  Hinkson,  wife  of  John  Hinkson,  dated  5  Mo.  30,  1764, 

from  Men's  Meeting  at  Cootehill,  County  Cavan,  Ireland  ; 

received  i  Mo.  27,  1766.      Certificate  states  that  she  was 

a  "a  Woman  of  an  Easey,  mild,  modest  behavior, Held  in 

Esteem  by  friends  and  others  ;   Walked  Orderly  During  her 

Residing  here;  was  in  unity  with  friends  when  she  Left  this. ' ' 

John   Hinkson  and  wife  Jane  came  from   Ireland  as  early  as 

1764.      By  deed  of  March  20,  1764,  in  which  he  is  styled  "  of  the 

city  of  Philadelphia,  yeoman,"  he  purchased  from  Charles  Morris 

and  wife  two  adjoining  farms  in   Nether  Providence  Township, 

now  Delaware  County,  for  ^860.      Towards  the  close  of  that  year 

he  was  assessed  with  200  acres  of  land  and  buildings,  worth  £\(> 

per  annum,  3  horses,  4  cattle,  10  sheep,  and  2  servants.     He  died 

about  1785,  being  survived  by  his  wife  and  eight  children  :  Jane, 

m.  Thomas  Dell  Weaver  ;  John,  d.  2  Mo.  17,  1 819.  m.  about  1784, 

Abigail  Engle  ;  James,  m.  IJetty  Crosley  ;  Thomas,  m.  5  Mo.  11, 

1797,  Mary  Worrilow  ;  George,  m.  Catharine  Fairlamb  and  went 

to  Ohio  ;  Mary,  d.  unmarried  ;  Sarah,  m.  William  Hawkins  ;  Ann, 

m.  Joseph   Dickinson. — See  Cope's  Smedlcy  Genealogy ,  209-10. 

CONCORD  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  Delaware  County.      Established  in   1684. 

John  Fred  and  family,  "  late  of  Ireland,"  received  5  Mo.  13, 
1 7 13,  dated  12  Mo.  25,  17 12-13,  '^''om  Carlow  Meeting, 
County  Carlow,  Ireland.  Children  Nicholas  and  Rachel, 
are  clear  in  a  relation  to  marriage. 

Benjamin  Fred,  son  of  John,  late  of  Ireland,  unmarried, 
received  5  Mo.  1713,  dated  10  Mo.  21,  1712.  He  returned 
to  Ireland  on  business  in  17 13,  and  remained  perhaps  a 
year. — Hist.  Chester  Co.,  p.  553. 


% 

Concord  MontJily  Meeting  309 

John  Fred,  of  Parish  of  Drumlane,  County  Cavan,  was  married 
n  Mo.  6.  1685,  at  Behurbet  to  Catherine  Starkey,  of  County 
Cavan.  Children  of  John  and  Catharine  Fred,  of  Drumlaine, 
County  Cavan:  Benjamin,  b.  9  Mo.  5,  1687  ;  Mary,  b.  8  Mo.  2, 
1691,  d.  II  Mo.  27,  1704,  buried  at  New  Garden  ;  Nicholas,  b.  I 
Mo.  2,  1694  ;  Abigail,  b.  2  Mo.  4.  1696,  buried  6  Mo.  28,  1697  ; 
Rachel,  b.  5  Mo.  29,  1698;  Sarah,  b.  7  Mo.  15,  1700,  at  Coo- 
lattin  [Cooladine] ;  John,  b.  12  Mo.  20,  1703,  at  Coolattin. 
{Records  of  Carlow  Monthly  Meeting.') 

In  1 67 1,  in  County  Armagh,  John  Fred  had  his  goods  seized 
by  the  "priest"  of  Loughall  for  tithes  [Stockdate,  4).  William 
Edmundson  {Journal,  280)  states  that  in  1706  he  came  "to  En- 
niscorphy  [Enniscorthy]  and  the  next  Day  went  to  John  Fred's 
and  had  a  large  Meeting  in  a  Barn,  it  being  on  first  Day  of  the 
Week." 

John  Fred  and  his  family  settled  in  Birmingham,  Chester 
County,  where  John  died   March,  1 719-1720,  and  his  widow  in 

1723- 

Catharine  Fred,  the  widow,  whose  will  was  made  8  Mo.  23, 
1723  (probated  9  Mo.  12,  1723),  mentions  her  cousins  Mary 
Hutton  and  Deborah  Starr  and  her  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Jack- 
son. 

Benjamin  Fred,  son  of  John,  was  m.  4  Mo.  20,  1721,  to  De- 
borah, daughter  of  Simon  Hadly,  of  New  Castle  County,  and  re- 
moved to  New  Garden,  where  he  died  in  1752,  leaving  no  chil- 
dren. His  sister  Rachel  married  4  Mo.  20,  1721,  James  Miller, 
son  of  Gayen,  of  Kennett,  and  after  his  death  married  James 
Miller,  son  of  James  and  Catharine. 

Nicholas  Fred,  son  of  John,  married  about  1720,  Ann,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Need,  of  Darby.  He  lived  in  Birmingham  and  was  in- 
terested in  a  mill  there.  Had  children  :  Mary,  John,  Joseph, 
Catharine. 

Joseph  Fred  was  married  10  Mo.  18,  1753,  to  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Joshua  Hadly,  then  of  Virginia.  He  removed  to  the  neighbor- 
hood of  New  Garden,  and  had  children  :  Mary,  Ann,  Benjamin, 
Joseph,  Joshua,  Thomas,  and  Nicholas. — Futhey  and  Cope, 
Hist.  Chester  County,  553-4. 

John  Vaston,  "late  of  Ireland,"  received  8  Mo.  10,  1715, 
dated  2  Mo.  27,  1714,  from  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Abraham  Widdos,  received  2  Mo.  7,  17 18,  from  Mount- 
mellick  Meeting,  Queen's  County,  Ireland.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Pyle,  in  1720,  and  in  the  same  year  was  recom- 
mended as  a  minister. 


3 1  o         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Daniel  Moore  and  wife,  late  of  Ireland,  received  ii  Mo.  7, 
1722,  from  a  "  Select  meeting  held  at  Balynacree,"  County 
Antrim,  Ireland. 

John  Neviets,  late  of  Ireland,  received  3  Mo.  3,  1725, 
dated  3  Mo.  i,  1724,  from  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Joseph  Gawin,  received  2  Mo.  i,  1731,  dated  3  Mo.  10, 
1730,  from  Monthly  Meeting  at  Edenderry,  King's  County, 
Ireland. 

John  Jackson,  received  i  Mo.  5,  1732-3,  dated  3  Mo.  10, 
1730,  late  of  Ireland,  from  Edenderry  Meeting,  King's 
County. 

Amos  Boaks,  unmarried,  received  i  Mo.  5,  1732-3,  dated  2 
Mo.  30,  1732,  from  Monthly  Meeting  at  Mountrath, 
Queen's  County,  Ireland. 

Amos  Boake,  of  East  Cain  Township,  Chester  County,  made 
his  will  Oct.  9,  1750,  and  it  was  probated  Nov.  2,  1751.  He 
mentions  his  wife  Sarah,  his  brother  Abel  Boake  and  his  daugh- 
ter Anne  Boake. 

Thomas  Marshall,  received  i  Mo.  7,  1736-7.  "  friends  in 
Ireland  Sent  a  few  Lines  of  Recomendation  to  friends  here 
[Concord]  Concerning  a  Servant  boy  that  Came  here  and 
is  in  the  Servis  of  William  Trimble  his  name  is  Thomas 
Marshall  he  came  with  the  Consent  of  his  Mother  &  rela- 
tions which  was  Signed  by  the  Consent  of  friends  of 
Dublin  Meeting." 

George  Wilson,  received  i  Mo.  i,  1 741-2,  dated  3  Mo. 
14,  1740,  wife  [Ruth]  and  children,  from  [Grange]  Meet- 
ing, near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

George  Wilson,'  b.  about  171 5,  and  Ruth  Douglas,  widow,  b. 
about  1709,  were  complained  of,  11  Mo.  3,  1738,  by  the  meeting 
at  Grange  near  Charlemont,  for  marriage  by  a  ■•priest,"  ■' V'  S'' 
Ruth  Duglass  being  formerly  married  orderly  amongst  us." 
They  produced  an  acknowledgment,  3  Mo.  14,  1740,  and  there- 

'  In  1681,  John  Wilson,  a  Friend,  of  Antrim,  had  bis  goods  seized  for 
tithes. 


Nezvark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting      3 1 1 

upon  a  certificate  of  removal  to  Pennsylvania  was  signed  for  them. 
This  certificate  was  received  by  Concord  Monthly  Meeting,  now 
Delaware  County,  I  Mo.  I,  1741-2.  About  1747,  they  removed 
to  what  is  now  Adams  County,  bringing  a  certificate,  dated  3  Mo.  4, 

1747,  from  Concord  to  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  2  Mo.   16, 

1748,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Menallen  Township,  near  the  site 
of  Bendersville  (formerly  called  Wilsonville),  where  he  died  9  Mo. 
15,  1785,  and  his  wife  Ruth,  7  Mo.  12,  1784.  Children  :  Alice, 
b.  7  Mo.  10,  1741  ;  Benjamin,  b.  7  Mo.  20,  1743;  Sarah,  b.  i 
Mo.  15,  1745  ;  Lydia,  b.  2  Mo.  30,  1747. 

Of  these,  Benjamin  Wilson  m.  12  Mo.  14,  1774,  at  Menallen 
Meeting,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Edwards)  Bowen. 
Children  were  :  (i)  Ruth,  b.  II  Mo.  i,  1785,  d.  5  Mo.  7,  1848, 
m.  James  Mather;  (2)  Mary,  b,  9  Mo.  13,  1780,  unmarried  ;  (3) 
Alice,  b.  12  .Mo.  6,  1782,  d.  8  Mo.  12,  1834,  m.  John  Wright; 
(4)  Sarah,  b.  i  Mo.  29,  1785,  d.  2  Mo.  i,  1B55,  m.  William  Gar- 
retson  (removed  to  Bedford  County);  (5)  George,  b.  3  Mo.  10, 
1778,  m.  5  Mo.  30,  1798,  m.  Sarah  Wright,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth. 

John  Wilson,  of  Grange  Mtg.  near  Charlemont  and  Mary 
Wilson,  of  Lurgan  Mtg.  were  married  at   Lurgan,  9  Mo.  6,  1700. 

John  Wilson  and  Alice  Whitefield,  both  of  Grange  Mtg.  near 
Charlemount,  were  married  11  i\lo.  16,  1705,  at  Grange. — Min- 
uies  of  Ulster  Province  Mtg. 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  9  Mo.  i,  1701,  it  is  reported  that 
John  Wilson  has  offered  a  convenient  place  to  build  a  meeting 
house  in  the  town  of  Antrim. 

"  Att  a  Province  mens  meeting  held  at  Richard  Boyes  [Parish 
of  Ballindery,  Co.  Antrim]  ye  24th  1 1  Mo.  1701,  Thomas  Wilkin- 
son advises  this  meeting  yt  ye  Lord  Masserdden  is  willing  that 
friends  have  yt  part  of  John  Willsons  houlding  in  Antrim  to  build 
a  meeting  house  upon." 


NEWARK  OR  KENNETT  MONTHLY  MEETING 

Of  Chester  County,  Pa.,  and  New  Castle  County,  Delaware. 
Established  in  16S6. 

Valentine  Hollingsworth,  wife  Ann,  and  children  came 
over  to  Pennsylvania  in  1682,  from  Balleniskcrannell,  Parish 
of  Sego,  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  settled  in  New 
Castle  County  on  Delaware. 


3 1 2         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Henry  Hollingsworth,  son  of  Valentine,  came  over  from 
Ireland  in  1683,  in  the  Ship  Lion,  as  an  indented  servant 
to  Robert  Turner. — Fenn' a  Mag.  VIII.,  334. 

Valentixr  Hollingsworth,'  son  of  Henry  Hollingsworth,  of 
Belleniskcrannell.  Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and 
Catharine,  his  wife,  was  born  at  Belleniskcrannel,  ' '  about  the  sixth 
month  in  the  yeare  1632";  was  married  4  Mo.  7,  1655,  to  Ann 
Ree,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Ree,^  of  Tanderagee,  County  Armagh. 
She  was  born  about  1628,  at  Tanderagee,  and  died  2  Mo.  i,  1671. 
He  then  was  married  a  second  time,  4  Mo.  12,  1 672,  to  Ann  Cal- 
vert, daughter  of  Thomas  Calvert,  of  Dromgora,  Parish  of  Segoe, 
County  Armagh,  and  Jane  his  wife.  The  following  is  a  copy 
of  the  marriage  certificate  : 

"  ttbiS  is  to  CCrtifle  the  truth  to  all  people  that  \'alentine  Hollen- 
worth^  in  y'  psh  of  Sego  in  y'  county  of  Armagh,  and  Anne  Cal- 
vert of  the  same  psh  having  intentions  of  marriage  according  to 
the  ordinance  of  God,  and  Gods  joining,  Did  lay  it  before  mens 
meeting  before  whom  theire  marriage  being  propounded,  then  y 
meeting  desired  them  to  wait  some  time,  w'^"  they  did,  so  the 
meeting  makeing  inquiry  between  the  times  whether  y''  man  be 
free  from  all  other  women,  and  the  woman  free  from  all  other  men, 
and  so  the  second  time  they  comeing  before  the  mens  meeting, 
all  things  being  found  clear,  so  they  being  left  to  theire  freedome. 
A  meeting  of  the  people  of  god  being  appointed  and  assembled 
together  at  the  house  of  Marke  Wright,  in  the  psh  of  Shankell  the 
twelfth  day  of  the  fourth  month  in  y'  yeare  1672  whene  they  tooke 
one  another  in  marriage  in  the  presence  of  god  and  of  his  people 

'  The  records  of  this  family  in  Ireland  are  from  the  registers  of  I.urgan 
Meeting,  County  Armagh.  There  is,  of  course,  no  foundation  for  the  tra- 
dition that  Valentine  Hollingsworth  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Henry 
Cornish,  High  Sheriff  of  London,  who  was  executed  in  1685.  It  is  prob- 
able that  the  Hollingsworths  went  over  from  England  to  Ireland  with  other 
planters  early  in  the  seventeenth  century,  but  there  is  no  proof  to  show 
that  they  came  from  Cheshire,  as  stated  by  some  historians  of  the  family. 
For  an  extended  record  of  descendants  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth  see 
HoUingnvorth  Gintalogical  Memoranda,  by  William  B.  Hollingsworth 
(Baltimore,  1884);  also  see  McFarlah-Slern  Gentalogy,  6-II,  56-60, 
History  of  Chester  County,  605. 

2  In  j68l,  one  John  Rea,  of  Parish  of  Mahcrlin,  County  Down,  had  his 
goods  seized  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  170. 

'Page  85,  Marriage  Book  of  Lurgan  Monthly  Meeting. 


Netuark  or  Kennctt  Monthly  Meeting       3 1 3 

according  to    y'  law  of  god,   &  we    are  witnesses  of  the  same 
whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed  y'  day  and  yeare  aforesaid 

Val;  Holengworth 

Anne  Holengworth 

1672. 

ffraocis  Robson  William  Williams  Jo:  Calvert  Chris:  Hillery 

Hugh  Stamper  George  Hodgshon  Jam:  Hanson  dorothy  Hiliery 

Roger  Webb  Will  pearson  Kic:  Harison  Elis:  Gnus 

Robert  Hoope  Marke  Wright  John  Wright  Alice  Williams 

Michael  Staise  Timo :  kirk  James  Bradshaw  An.  Bradshaw 

Tho.  Wederall  Rob  Chambers  Tho:  Calvert  debora  Kirk 

Will  dixon  Antho.  Dixon  fergus  Softly  Alice  Wright 

dina  Kilke  Mar>*  Walker" 

William  Stockdale'  gives  the  following  account  of  Hollings- 
worth's  persecutions  for  tithes  : 

167 1,  County  Armagh,  "Valentine  HoUingsworth  had  taken 
from  him  for  Tithe,  by  Thomas  Ashbrook  Tithmonger  twenty 
nine  stooks  of  Barly,  and  three  stocks  and  a  half  of  Oats,  all 
worth  one  pound  one  shilling  ;''  1672,  "Valentine  Hollingsworth 
for  Tithe  by  Edw^ard  O'Maghan,  26  stooks  wheat.  3  car-loads 
Hey,  26  stooks  of  Oats,  26  stooks  of  Barley,  Value  £z,  i8s  ;" 
1673,  corn  and  hay,  valued  at  £2  ;  1674,  wheat,  hay,  oats,  barley, 
valued  at  ^3  4s. 

In  1682,  Valentine  Hollingsworth  and  his  family,  accompanied 
by  his  son-in-law,  Thomas  Connaway,  and  by  John  Musgrave, 
an  indented  servant,  sailed  from  Belfast  for  the  Delaware,'^  and, 
as  we  have  already  stated, ^  settled  on  a  large  plantation  of  nearly 
a  thousand  acres  on  Shelpot  Creek  in  Brandywine  Hundred,  Xew 
Castle  County,  about  five  miles  northeast  of  the  present  city  of 
Wilmington.  He  was  prominently  identified  with  the  affairs  of 
Friends,  the  early  meetings  being  held  at  his  house.  In  1687,  he 
gave  "unto  ffriends  for  a  burying  place  half  an  Acre  of  land  for 
y'  purpose."  A  meeting-house  was  afterward  built  on  this  plot 
and  the  meeting  known  as  Newark,  from  the  name  of  the  planta- 
tion, which  in  the  original  survey  was  called  "New  Worke." 
Valentine  Hollingsworth  was  appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
New  Castle  County,  in  1685,  and  represented  the  county  in  the 
Assembly  in  1682-3,  1687,  1688,  16S9,  1695,  and  1700.*  He  died 
subsequent  to  1710,  and  his  wife  Ann  died  8  Mo.  17,  1697.  They 
were  interred  in  Friends'  ground  at  Newark. 

'  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  3,  15,  27,  37. 

2  Deposition  of  Samuel,  son  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth,  made  before 
the  Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  June  4,  173S  (printed  in  Mc Parian- Stem 
Genealogy,  58-59). 

'See  page  120. 

*  Penna.  Archives,  and  Series,  IX.,  648,  651,  652,  653. 


3 1 4         hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

The  children  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth  by  his  first  wife,  Ann 
Ree,  were  as  follows  : 

1.  Mary  Hollingsworth,  born  I  Mo.  25,  1656,  at  Bellenisk- 
crannell,  married,  first,  4  Mo.  28,  1682,  at  the  house  of  Francis 
Robson,  Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh,  to  Thomas  Conway  or 
Connaway,  of  I'arish  of  Lisburn,  County  Antrim.  They  came  to 
the  Delaware  with  her  father  in  1682,  and  settled  near  him  in  New 
Castle  County.  Thomas  Connaway  died  11  Mo.  30,  1688-9,  ^"d 
his  widow,  in  1693,  married,  secondly,  Randal  Malin,  widower, 
of  Upper  Providence,  now  Delaware  County  (originally  of  Great 
Barrum,  Cheshire,  England).  Randal  Malin  became  a  Quaker 
minister  and  in  1727  removed  with  his  wife  and  family  within  the 
limits  of  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting. 

I5y  her  first  husband,  Thomas  Connaway,  she  had  three  chil- 
dren ;  (i)  Elizabeth,  b.  7  Mo.  9,  1687,  m.  ist  Charles  Booth, 
1705,  and  2d,  Thomas  Babb,  in  1720;  Ann,  born  about  1688, 
m.  Philip  Taylor,  6  Mo.  10,  1705  ;  Sarah  b.  about  1689,  m.  3 
Mo.,  1 7 10,  to  John  Yearsley,  b.  in  England  about  1685,  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth.  By  her  second,  Randal  Malin,  she  had 
three  children:  Hannah,  b.  I  Mo.  7,  1695-6,  m.  Daniel  William- 
son, Jr.,  about   1716;    Rachel,  b.  5   Mo.  24,  1702,  m.  John  Cain 

or  Cane,  9  Mo.  7,  1722  ;  and  Katharine,  who  married Tate, 

in  1721. 

2.  Henry  Hollingsworth.ib.  9  Mo.  7,  1658,  at  Belleniskcrannell, 
is  thought  to  have  come  over  to  Pennsylvania  as  a  redemptioner 
to  Robert  Turner,  in  1683.  Subsequently  he  lived  for  a  time  with 
his  father  in  New  Castle  County.  In  1688,  he  returned  to  Ire- 
land for  a  wife  and  on  6  Mo.  22d  of  that  year  was  married  to 
Lydia  Atkinson,  of  Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh,  whom  he 
shortly  after  brought  to  Pennsylvania.'  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  Deputy  Surveyor  of  Chester  County.  In  1695,  he  resided  in 
Chester,  and  was  Sheriff  of  the  County.  He  also  represented 
New  Castle  County  in  the  Provincial  Assembly.  In  1700,  and 
for  some  time  after  he  was  Clerk  of  the  Courts,  and  Coroner  of 
Chester  County.  He  removed  to  Elkton,  Md.,  about  1712,  in 
which  year  he  was  appointed  (3  Mo.  9  by  Lord  Baltimore)  Sur- 
veyor of  Cecil  County.  His  manuscript  commonplace  book, 
which  is  a  medley  of  receipts,  poetry,  astrolop;y,  alchemy,  chem- 
istry, some  of  which  is  in  Latin,  is  in  the  collection  of  the  Hon. 
Samuel  W.  Pennypacker,  of  Philadelphia.  He  died  2  Mo.  or  3 
Mo.  1721.     His  children   were:   Ruth,   m.    George  Simpson,  I2 

'  See  Smith,  IJislory  of  Delawari  County,  469. 

•The  original  marriage  certificate  is  in  possession  of  Miss  Margaret  Gil- 
pin, of  Cecil  Co.,  Md. 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting       3 1 5 

Mo.  24,  1706  ;  Stephen,  who  m.  Ann  ,  was  a  INIagistrate  in 

Cecil  County,  Md.,  in  1730,  removing  subsequently  to  Virginia, 
where,  in  1734,  he  obtained  a  grant  of  472  acres  of  land  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Shenandoah  River,  in  Orange  County  ;  Zebulon, 
b.  1696,  d.  Cecil  County,   8   Mo.   8,  1763,    m.   4  Mo.  18,  1727, 

Ann,    daughter  of   Col.    Francis    Mauldin  ;    Catharine    m.  

Dawson,  of  Kent  County,  Md. ;  Abigail,  m.  Richard  Dobson,  in 
1720  ;  and  Mary. 

3.  Thomas  Hollingsworth,  b.  3  Mo.,  1661,  at  Belleniskcranneli, 
d.  1732-3,  in  Winchester,  Va.  He  resided  for  a  time  in  Rock- 
land Manor,  New  Castle  County  but  later  removed  to  Winchester, 
Va.  His  first  wife  Margaret  (by  whom  he  had  one  son  Abram, 
born  I  Mo.  [9,  1686),  died  in  8  Mo.  1687.  He  then  married  I 
Mo.  31,  1692,  Grace  Cook,  of  Concord.  Children  by  second 
wife:  Elizabeth,  b.  11  Mo.  8,  1694,  m.  — ■ — -Stroud,  in  1718  ; 
Hannah,  b.  i  Mo.  17,  1697,  m.  William  Dixon,  in  1718  ; 
Thomas,  b.  12  Mo.  23,  1698,  m.  Judith  Lampley  in  1723  ;  Jacob, 
b.  I  Mo,  4,  1704,  m.  Rachel  Chandler,  1729  ;  Sarah,  b.  8  Mo.  7, 
1706,  m.  John  Dixon,  in  1724;  Joseph,  b.  3  Mo.  11,  1709,  m. 
Martha  Houghton,  in  1730,  and  removed  to  Virginia  ;  Grace,  b.  3 
Mo,  9,  1712. 

4.  Catharine  Hollingsworth,  b.  5  Mo.,  1663,  at  Belleniskcran- 
mell  ;  d.  6  Mo.  29,  1746;  m.  11  .Mo.  2,  1688,  George  Robinson,' 
who  was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  about  1666,  came  to  the 
Delaware  in  1687,  and  died  9  Mo.  8,  1738.  Their  children  were  : 
Mary,  m.  Thomas  Jacobs,  8  Mo,  13,  1710;  Ann,  m.  Jonathan 
Ogden,  in  1720;  Valentine,  m.  Elizabeth  Booth,  in  1740. 

At  Newark  Monthly  Meeting  (women's  branch),  12  Mo.  4, 
1698,  "Wee  have  ordered  that  Katherine  Robinson  bee  purser 
to  this  meeting  Given  in  Collection  £z,.\o's." 

The  children  of  Valentine  Hollingsworth  by  his  second  wife, 
Ann  Calvert,  were  : 

5.  Samuel  Hollingsworth,  b.  I  Mo.  27,  1673,  ^^  Belleniskcran- 
neli ;  d.  1748  ;  m.  in  1 701,  Hannah  Harlan,  daughter  of  George 
and  Elizabeth  Harlan.  He  lived  in  Birmingham  Township  and 
held  several  important  public  offices.  In  1729  and  1738,  he  was 
appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Chester  County.  From  1725  to 
1728  he  represented  the  county  in  the  Provincial  Assembly.  Chil- 
dren :    Enoch,    m.    ist   Joanna   Crowley,     10   Mo.   23,    1725,    2d 

■See  Philadelphia  Fritiid,  XXIX.,  404.  About  1735,  George  Rob- 
inson, of  Brandywine,  New  Castle  County,  aged  about  69  years,  deposed 
in  the  Penna.-Md.  boundary  dispute  that  he  "  has  dwelt  in  the  said  County 
about  49  years." — No.  775,  Miscellaneous  Papers  (/djj-780^).  Three 
Lower  Counties,  Hist.  Soc.  of  Peyina. 


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1 6         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


Elizabeth  Chads,  widow  of  William  Pyle  ;  John.  m.  Mary  Reed, 
in  1732  ;  Samuel,  m.  Barbara  Shewin,  in  1738,  and  died  in  175  i  ; 
George;  Elizabeth,  m.  Henry  Green,  in  1734. 

6.  Enoch  Hollingsworth,  \).  6  Mo.  7,  1675,  at  Belleniskcran- 
nel ;  died  in  New  Castle  County,  8  Mo.  24,  1687. 

7.  \'alentine  Hollingsworth,  b.  II  Mo.  12,  1677,  at  Bellenisk- 
crannell  ;  d.  1757;  m.  in  1713,  Elizabeth  Heald. 

8.  Ann  HoUingsworth,  b.  10  Mo.  28,  1680,  at  Belleniskcran- 
nell ;  m.  James  Thompson  in  1700. 

9.  John  Hollingsworth,  b.  2  Mo.  19,  1684,  in  New  Castle 
County  ;  d.  in  1722  ;  m.  Catherine  Tyler,  in  1706. 

10.  Joseph  Hollingsworth,  b.  5  M.  10,  1686,  in  New  Castle 
County. 

11.  Enoch  Hollingsworth,  buried  9  Mo.  26,  1690. 

Thomas  Calvert,'  son  of  John  Calvert,'  "of  Moore  Some' 
(neere  Gisbrough),"  Yorkshire,  and  wife  Grace,  was  born  in  161 7 

'  Rc^iten  Lurgan  Mtttittg,  County  Armagh. 

'It  is  possible  that  John  Calvert  was  of  the  same  kin  as  the  Calverts, 
Lords  Baltimore  and  Proprietors  of  Mar)'land  ;  for  he  came  into  Ireland 
prior  to  1617,  from  Moorsham,  Yorkshire,  only  about  twenty-five  miles 
from  Kilpin,  in  the  same  county,  where  about  15S0  was  born  George  Cal- 
vert, the  first  Lord  Baltimore  (son  of  Leonard  Calvert,  a  well-to-do  country 
gentlemen,  by  Alice  Crosland,  his  wife,  and  grandson  of  John  Calvert). — 
See  "  George  Calvert "  in  Dictionary  of  National  Biography  and  pp.  1-4, 
George  and  Cecilius  Cahert  ("Makers  of  America"  Series,  by  William 
Hand  Browne,  N.  Y.,  1S90). 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  there  was  a  presumption  that 
such  a  relationship  existed;  for  on  June  4,  1735,  Samuel  Hollingsworth, 
of  Chester  County,  made  a  deposition  before  the  Mayor  of  Philadelphia,  in 
connection  with  the  boundary  dispute  between  the  Penns  and  Ixird  Balti- 
more, that  in  1683  one  Colonel  Talbot  and  a  party  of  I^rd  Baltimore's 
surveyors  were  the  guests  one  night  at  the  home  of  his  father,  Valentine 
Hollingsworth,  in  New  Caslle  County  ;  and  that  in  the  course  of  conversa- 
tion during  the  evening  "the  said  Talbot  enquiring  into  the  Place  from 
whence  this  affirmat's  fifalher  and  Mother  came  and  the  m.iiden  name  of  his 
mother,  which  was  Calvert,  the  said  CoUonel  Talbot  invited  this  affirm- 
ant's ffather  to  come  down  and  live  in  Maryland,  assuring  him  his  Lord- 
ship would  be  very  kind  to  him  on  account  of  his  wife's  having  been  a 
Calvert." — McFarlan-Slem  Genealogy,  58.  Mary  Calvert  and  William 
Whitesite,  were  married  3  Mo.  27,  1696,  by  Friends'  ceremony  at  the 
house  of  Thomas  Calvert  near  Carrickfergus. 

'  "  Great  Afoorsham,  a  township  in  the  parish  of  Skelton,  East  Division 
of  the  liberty  of  Langbaurgh,  of  the  county  of  York,  6  miles  (E.  by  S. ) 
from  Guilsbrough,  containing  338  inhabitants." — Lewis's  Topographical 
Dictionary  of  England. 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting       3 1 7 

at  Lygasory,  near  Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  and  about  9  Mo.  11, 
1647,  married  Jane  Glasford,  daughter  of  Hugh  Glasford  and  wife 
Margaret,  of  "  Stranmillis  (nere  Belfast),"  County  Antrim.  At 
Ulster  Province  .Meeting,  4  Mo.  7,  1680,  £\.  13.  gd.  was  paid 
to  Thomas  Calvert  for  the  apothecary  at  Carrickfergus,  evidently 
(or  attendance  on  Friends  confined  in  Carrickfergus  jail  ;  for  on  6 
.Mo.  6,  1 68 1,  L.  Alyson  and  T.  Calvert  were  directed  to  supply 
the  wants  of  prisoners  there,  £z.  los  being  appropriated  for  the 
purpose.  In  1681,  Thomas  Calvert,  of  Parish  of  Carrickfergus, 
County  Antrim,  had  some  hay  and  oats,  valued  at  iis.,  taken  for 
tithes.' 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Calvert  : 

1.  John,  born  8  Mo.  6,  164S,  near  Belfast. 

2.  Ann,  born  about  9  Mo.  1650,  in  Kilhvarhn,  near  Hills- 
brough.  County  Down. 

3.  Margaret,  born  about  4  Mo.  24,  1661,  at  Killurigan,  Parish 
of  Sago,  County  Armagh. 

4.  Elizabeth,  born  4  Mo.  26,  1664,  in  County  Armagh  ;  m.  10 
Mo.  25,  1701,  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Thomas  Toppen,  of  Bally- 
hagen,  County  Armagh. 

John  Calvert,^  son  of  Thomas  Calvert,  of  Drumgor,  Parish  of 
Segoe,  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  Jane,  his  wife,  was  born  8 
Mo.  6,  1648,  in  Stranmillis.  near  Belfast;  was  married  3  Mo. 
(May),  29,  1673,  at  the  house  of  Roger  Webb,  to  Judith  Stamper, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Stamper  and  Bridget,  his  wife,  of  Lurgan, 
County  Armagh.  Judith  Stamper  was  born  3  Mo.  12,  1652,  at 
"  bowlton  wood,"^  County  Cumberland,  England. 

John  Calvert  removed  with  his  family  about  1683  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  settled  in  Upper  Providence  Township,  now  Delaware 
County,  where  he  owned  300  acres  of  land,  granted  to  him  by 
William  Penn,  i  Mo.  13,  1683.  An  adjoining  tract  of  300  acres 
was  also  granted  at  the  same  time  for  Thomas  Calvert,  the  father, 
who  probably  did  not  come  to  this  country.  Still  another  tract  of 
100  acres,  contiguous  to  the  above,  was  granted  on  the  same  date 
to  Margaret  Calvert,  probably  the  daughter  of  Thomas.     On    2 

I  William  Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression^  167. 

^ Records  of  Lurgan  Meeting:  Gilbert  Cope,  Sniedley  Genealogy,  122. 

^"Bolton  (All  Saints),  a  parish  in  Allerdale  ward  below  Derwent, 
county  of  Cumberland,  1%  (N.  by  W. )  from  Ireby,  containing,  with  the 
township  of  Bolton  High-side,  and  Bolton  Low-Side  1245  inhabitants,  of 
which  number  352  are  in  Bolton  High-Side  and  S93  in  Bolton  Low-Side, 
...  A  copper  battle-axe  was  lately  found  in  the  moss  at  Bolton  Wood, 
four  feet  below  the  surface." — Lewis,  Topographieal  Dictionary  of  Eng- 
land. 


3 1 8         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Mo.  II,  1691,  it  was  ordered  that  a  patent  for  the  whole  tract 
should  be  made  to  John  Calvert,  to  whom  it  was  made  appear 
to  belong.'  At  Chester  Monthly  Meeting,  4  Mo.  6,  1687,  men- 
tion is  made  of  a  difference  between  John  Calvert  and  Thomas 
Hollingsworth  (stepson  of  John  Calvert's  sister  Ann,  who  married 
Valentine  Hollingsworth)  about  dividing  their  lands  in  Upper 
Providence. 

Children  of  John  and  Judith  (Stamper)  Calvert : 

I.  Ruth,  b.  6  Mo.  2,  1674,  at  Lurgan,  Ireland  ;  m.  about  1697, 
Edward  Paviour,  of  Upper  Providence. 

II.  Isaac,  b.  9  Mo.  2,  1676,  at  Lurgan. 

III.  Thoma?,  b.  9  Mo.  27,  1678,  at  Lurgan,  bought  a  lot  in 
Chester,  in  1700,  and  sold  it  in  1702. 

IV.  Joshua,  b.  8  Mo.  18,  1680,  at  Lurgan.  At  a  Chester  County 
court,  held  6  Mo.  25,  1702,  the  sheriff  made  a  return  of  an  execu- 
tion on  the  estate  of  John  Calvert,  which  was  sold  to  Thomas, 
Joshua,  and  Thomas  Calvert  for  ^243.  Joshua  was  constable  of 
Upper  Providence  in  1704.  In  1724,  he  had  370  acres  of  the 
Calvert  land  in  Upper  Providence.  The  remainder  seems  to  have 
been  in  possession  of  Daniel  Calvert.  Joshua  Calvert  m.,  in  1709, 
Deborah,  daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth  Harlan,  and  is  thought 
by  Gilbert  Cope  to  have  been  the  parents  of  Thomas  Calvert,  who 
married  Sarah  Williamson,  about  1739,  lived  in  Edgmont,  now 
Delaware  County,  and  probably  in  East  Marlborough,  Chester 
County. 

V.  Daniel,  b.  5  Mo.  6,  1685,  in  Pa.;  m.  about  1709,  Elizabeth 
Pritchett. 

VI.  Mary,  b.  12  Mo.  19,  1687,  in  Pa. 

VII.  Judith,  m.  10  Mo.  8,  1725,  Daniel  Broom,  of  Marple,  now 
Delaware  County. 

John  Musgrave,  born  about  1669,  came  over  from  Belfast, 
with  his  master,  Valentine  Hollingsworth,  in  1682,  and 
served  his  time  for  four  years  in  New  Castle  County. 

Later  he  removed  to  Sadsbury,  Lancaster  County,  and  on  June 
4,  1735,  tben  aged  about  sixty-six,  made  a  deposition  in  connec- 
tion with  boundary  dispute  between  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland.' 

John  Musgrave,  of  Lancaster  County,  made  his  will  in  1745. 
Mentions  children  :  John,  James,  Thomas,  Abraham,  Esther, 
wife  of  John  Griffith,  .Martha,  wife  of  Benjamin  Miller,  Sarah, 
wife  of  Theophilus  Owen,  and  two  other  daughters  who  married 
John  Ferree  and  Thomas  Powell. 

^ Pinna.  Archives,  2d  Series,  XIX.,  66. 
^ McFarlan  and  Slcrn  Genealogy,  58-59. 


Nezvark  or  Kennett  MontJily  Meeting       3 1 9 

Tho.mas  Conway,  or  Connaway,  of  Lisburn,  County  Antrim, 
was  married  4  Mo.  28,  1682,  at  the  house  of  Francis  Robson, 
Parish  of  Segoe,  County  Armagh,  to  Mary  Hollinpsworth,  daughter 
of  Valentine  (^Records  of  I.iirgan  Mi'e/ing),  and  in  the  same  year 
came  over  and  settled  near  his  father-in-law,  in  Brandywine  Hun- 
dred, New  Castle  County.  The  records  of  Newark  Jilonthly  Meet- 
ing give  the  date  of  birth  of  a  daughter,  Mary  Conaway,  as  7  Mo. 
9,  1687,  and  the  date  of  Thomas  Connaway's  death  as  7  Mo.  17, 
1689.  In  1693,  the  widow,  Mary  Connaway,  married  Randal 
Malin,  of  Upper  Providence,  and  in  1727  removed  and  settled  with 
her  husband  within  the  limits  of  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting. 

William  Dixson  and  Isabelle  Rea,  both  of  Parish  of  Sego, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  were  married  at  the  house  of  Roger 
Webb,  Parish  of  Sego,  5  J\Io.  4,  1683.  Among  those  who  signed 
the  marriage  certificate  were  Henry  Dixson,  Rose  Dixson,  Thomas 
Harlan,  and  Isabelle  Logan. — Marriage  Book  of  Lurgan  Mo. 
Mtg.,  Ireland. 

This,  no  doubt,  is  the  same  family  that  came  over  to  New 
Castle  Co.,  prior  to  1690.  Henry  Dixson,  it  is  said,  kept  an  inn 
at  New  Castle  and  had  three  children  :  (I.)  William  was  married 
about  1690  to  Ann  Gregg,  daughter  of  William  Gregg,'  who,  it  is 
believed,  also  came  from  the  north  of  Ireland.  William  was  a 
weaver  by  trade  and  settled  on  Red  Clay  Creek,  in  Christiana 
Hundred,  New  Castle  County.  He  made  his  will  i  Mo.  31, 
1708,  and  it  was  probated  .Sept.  20,  1708.  He  mentions  his  wife 
Ann,  and  appoints  his  brothers,  Michael  Harlan  and  John  Gregg, 

1  William  Gregg  settled  on  a  tract  of  400  acres  of  land  in  Christiana 
Hundred,  New  Castle  County,  surveyed  to  hira  3  Mo.  11,  1685.  He 
died  "  ye  1st  of  ye  7th  month  and  was  buried  on  his  own  plantation  1687." 
Children:  Richard;  Ann;  John,  b.  circa  1668,  d.  1738,  m.  11  Mo. 
1694,  to  Elizabeth  Cooke  [John  Gregg,  of  Christiana  Hundred,  New 
Castle  County,  yeoman,  aged  about  67  years,  made  a  deposition  about 
1735,  "that  he  has  dwelt  in  the  s""  County  about"  51  years  (No.  175, 
Miscellaneous  Papers,  i6jj~iSoj,  Three  Lower  Counties,  Hist.  Soc  of 
Penna. )];  George.  It  is  presumed  by  the  writer  that  William  Gregg 
came  from  the  north  of  Ireland  with  the  Hollingsworths,  Dixsons,  Sharp- 
lys ;  but  no  doubt  the  point  could  be  fully  proven  if  a  diligent  investigation 
were  made  in  Ireland. 

One  William  Gregg,  of  Toberhead  Mtg.,  and  Ann  Wilkinson,  of  An- 
trim Mtg.,  County  Antrim,  were  married  at  Antrim,  11  Mo.  5,  1702  ;  and 
George  Gregg,  of  Toberhead  Mtg.  and  Alice  Richardson,  of  Ballyhagen 
Mtg.,  were  married  8  Mo.  12,  1714,  at  Ballyhagen. — Minutes  of  Ulster 
Province  Mtg. 

William  Edmundson  attended  a  meeting,  in  1700,  at  the  house  of 
Thomas  Gregg,  at  Toberhead,  Co.  Antrim. — Journal,  223. 


320        Inwiigration  of  tJie  Irish  Quakers 

as  advisors.  The  widow,  Ann  Dixson,  then  married  John  Hough- 
ton, of  New  Castle  County.  (II.)  Diiialt  married  Michael  Harlan, 
1  iMo.,  1690,  at  Newark  Mt^.  (HI)  /?<"''  married  in  1690, 
Thomas  Pierson,  widower,  Deputy  Surveyer  of  New  Castle 
County.  (See  account  of  Thomas  Pierson  by  the  writer  in  Penna. 
A/a^..'xXl..  506-7.)' 

George  and  Michael  Harlan. — 

"  George  Harlan  y"  Sone  of  James  Harlan  of  Monkwearmouth 
was  baptized  at  Monkwearmouth  [Co.  Durham]  in  old  England 
y'^  iith  day  of  I  i\Io.  1650."  "Michael  Harlan  came  from  the 
north  of  Ireland  with  his  Brother  George,  about  the  year  1687- 
and  ye  beginning  of  the  year  1690  he  married  Dinah  ye  Daughter 
of  Henry  Di.xon  and  Settled  first  Near  ye  Center  Meeting  house 
in  Christiana  Hundred  &  County  of  New  Castle  on  Delaware  and 
afterwards  removed  into  Kennett  in  Chester  County,  where  they 
lived  Many  years." — Records  of  Kennett  or  Newark  Mo.  Mlg. 

George  Harland,  of  Parish  of  Donnahlong,  Co.  Down,  Ireland, 
and  Elizabeth  Duck,  of  Lurgan,  Parish  of  .Shankill.  Co.  Armagh, 
were  married   "at  the  house  of  Marke  Wright  in  ye  Parish  of 
Shankell,"  9  Mo.  17,  1678.     Signers  to  marriage  certificate  : 
Henry  Hollingsworth      Wm  Porter  George  Harland 

John  Calvert  Timothy  Kirk  Elizabeth  Harland 

Roger  Kirk  Alphonsus  Kirk 

deborah  Kirk 
Elinor  Hoope 
Robert  Hoope 
Thomas  Harland 
— Marriage  Book  of  Lurgan  Mo.  Mtg.,  p.  91. 

Thomas  Harland,  of  Donnahlong  Parish,  Co.  Down,  Ireland, 
son  of  James  Harland,  was  born  "nigh  Durham  In  Bishoprick," 
England,  and  was  married  2  Mo.  7,  16S0,  at  the  house  of  Francis 
Robson,  Parish  of  Sego,  Co.  Armagh,  Ireland,  to  Katharine, 
daughter  of  George  Bullock,  of  Lurgan.  Among  signers  to  mar- 
riage certificate  were  :  Isabella  Harland,  Elizabeth  Kirk,  deborah 
Kirk,  Roger  Kirk,  George  Harland,  Timothy,  Alphonsus  and 
and  Robert  Kirk. 

The  wife  Katherine  Harland  died  3  Mo.,  1690,  and  Thomas  was 
married  again,  11  Mo.  8,  1702-3,  to  Alice  Foster,  of  Lisnegarvy. 
Children  by  first  wife,  Catherine  :  Ananias,  b.  4  Mo.  19,  1682, 
at  Donochlong  ;  Rebecca,  b.  9  Mo.  24,  1683  at  Donochlong  ; 
Patience,  b.   6   Mo.  18,  1685,  at   Donochlong;   Christian,   b.   12 

'See  "Gregg-Dixon-Houghton,  of  New  Castle  County,  Delaware"  in 
Historical  and  (Jenealogical  Department  of  the /.//^jarj' Ajvi  (A.  I).  1898) 
Vol.  v.,  p.  331.      (Library  of  Hist.  Sec.  of  Penna.,  I'hila. ) 


Newark  or  Kemiett  Monthly  Meeting       321 

Mo.  16,  16S7,  at  Donochlong  ;  Catherine,  b.  9  Mo.  12,  1689,  at 
Donochlong.  Children  by  second  wife,  Ahce  :  James,  b.  9  Mo. 
3,  1703,  at  Corking,  Co.  Down  ;  Thomas,  b.  5  Mo.  4,  1705,  at 
Corking;  Abigail,  b.  2  Mo.  24,  1708,  at  Corking.  Patience 
Harland  and  James  Alderdice,  both  of  Lurgan,  Co.  Armagh,  were 
married  at  Lurgan  Meeting,  Jan.  6,  1707.  Marriage  certificate 
signed  by  :  Thomas,  Christian,  and  Catharine  Harlan.  {Records 
of  Lurgan  Mo.  M/g.)  I  have  seen  no  evidence  to  show  that  any 
of  the  family  of  Thomas  Harlan  came  over  to  Pennsylvania. 

George  Harlan  settled  at  first  about  where  the  village  of  Cen- 
treville.  New  Castle  Co.,  Delaware,  now  is,  and  the  early  meet- 
ings were  held  at  his  home.  Later  he  removed  farther  up 
Brandywine  Creek,  and  purchased  474  acres  of  land  in  Kennett, 
now  Pennsbury,  Township,  Chester  County.  While  living  here 
he  had  for  his  neighbors  over  the  creek,  in  a  great  bend,  a  settle- 
ment of  Indians.  After  they  had  gone  away  he  obtained,  in  1701, 
a  warrant  for  200  acres  of  land  in  the  bend  of  the  creek,  granted 
"in  regard  of  the  great  trouble  and  charge  he  has  bore  in  fenc- 
ing and  maintaining  the  same  for  the  said  Indians  while  living 
thereon."  He  died  in  1714,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his 
wife  at  Centre  Meeting  House. 

In  his  will,  dated  2  Mo.  21,  1714,  probated  8  Mo.  2,  1714, 
George  Harlan  mentions  his  brother  Michael  Harlan,  his  ser- 
vant Mary  Mathews,  and  directs  that  his  body  be  interred  in  the 
new  burying  ground  on  Alphonsus  Kirk's  land. — Hist.  Chester 
Co.,  p.  587  ;    Chester  County  Wills. 

"  George  Harland  [County  Down,  in  1680]  had  taken  from  him 
for  Tithe,  by  Daniel  Mac  Connell  .  .  .  twelve  stooks  and  a  half 
of  Oats,  three  stooks  and  a  half  of  Early,  and  five  loads  of  Hey, 
all  worth  ten  shillings  ten  pence." — William  Stockdale's  A  G>-eat 
Cry  of  Oppression. 

Children  of  George  1  and  Elizabeth  Harlan  :  Ezekiel,  b.  7  Mo. 
16,  1679,  m.  (i)  Mary  Bezer  and  (2)  Ruth  Ruffington  ;  Hannah, 
b.  2  Mo.  4,  1681,  m.  Samuel  Hollingsworth,  in  1701  ;  Moses,  b. 
12  Mo.  20,  1683-4,  m.  1712,  Margaret  Ray,  a  native  of  Lurgan, 
Ireland,  and  made  a  final  settlement  in  Menallen  Township,  now 
Adams  County  ;  Aaron,  b.  10  Mo.  24,  1685,  m.  Sarah  Heald,  in 
1713-14;  Rebecca,  b.  8  Mo.  17,  1688,  d.  8  Mo.  17,  1775,  m. 
WiUiam  Webb,  i  Mo.  22,  1709-10  ;  Deborah,  b.  8  Mo.  28,  1690, 
m.  Joshua  Calvert,  in  1710  ;  James,  b.  8  Mo.  19,  1692,  m.  Eliza- 
beth  ,  in  1716;    Elizabeth,   b.   8  Mo.   9,    1694,  m.  Joseph 

Robinson,  in  1713  ;  Joshua,  b.  11  Mo.  15,  1696-7,  m.  Mary 
Heald,  in  1719. 

>  Mrs.   Ida  Saxton  McKinley,  widow   of   the  late  William  McKinley, 
President  of  the  United  States,  is  a  descendant  of  George  Harlan. 
21 


32  2         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Children  of  IMichael  and  Dinah  (Dixson)  Harlan  :  George,  b. 
lo  Mo.  4,  1690,  m.  Mary,  widow  of  Alexander  Stewart,  and 
daughter  of  Joel  and  Ann  Baily  ;  Abigail,  b.  9  Mo.  23,  1692,  m. 
Richard  Flower,  12  Mo.  17,  1724-5  ;  Thomas,  b.  4  Mo.  24,  1694, 
m.  Mary  Carter,  in  1720;  Stephen,  b.  2  Mo.,  1697,  m.  Hannah 
Carter,  7  Mo.  26,  1723  ;  Michael,  b.  2  Mo.  7,  1699,  m.  Hannah 
Maris;  Solomon,  b.  10  Mo.  7,  1701  ;  James,  b.  1703,  m.  Su- 
sanna Oborn,  10  Mo.  19,  1733;  Dinah  b.  8  Mo.  23,  1707,  m. 
Thomas  Gregg,  2  Mo.  20,  1729. — See  Hist.  Cliester  County,  587.1 

Thomas  Child,  from  the  neighborhood  of  Lurgan,  Ireland, 
died  10  Mo.  8,  1694,  at  the  house  of  Valentine  Hollings- 
worth,  in  New  Castle  County.  See  George  Harlan's  letter 
on  pages  62-3. 

Lydia  Hollingsworth,  wife  of  Henry.  In  1687,  Henry 
HoUingsworth  returned  to  Ireland,  and,  8  Mo.  22,  1688, 
married  Lydia  Atkinson,  of  the  Parish  of  Segoe,  County 
Armagh,  who  shortly  afterward  came  over  to  New  Castle 
County  with  her  husband. 

Alphonsus  Kirk,  son  of  Roger  and  Elizabeth  Kirk,  of  Lur- 
gan, Ireland,  settled  in  New  Castle  County,  in  1689. 
The  following  account  of  the  Kirk  family  is  found  in  the 
records  of  Lurgan  Meeting  : 

• '  Roger  Kirk  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  dwelt  in  Neshag  in  ye  prsh 
of  Skelton  and  in  ye  County  of  York  [England].  Came  to  ire- 
land  with  his  wife  and  five  children  in  y«  yeare  1658  (being  a 
Couper  by  traide)  since  w^h  time  he  hath  dwelt  at  Tolly  gaily 
nere  Lurgan  in  ye  County  of  Ardmagh  and  had  by  his  wife  Chil- 
dren as  followeth  ' '  : 

Christian  (daughter)  b.  10  Mo.  21,  1645  ;  Deborah  b.  3  Mo. 
27,  1650;  Timothy,  b.  3  Mo.  27,  1652;  Roger,  b.  2  Mo.  20, 
1654  ;  Dinah,  b.  10  Mo.  14,  1656  ;  Alphonsus,  b.  5  Mo.  14, 
1659  ;  Robert,  b.  i  Mo.  28,  1662,  at  ToUegally,  Parish  of  Shan- 
kill,  County  Armagh  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  4  Mo.  1 2,  1664,  at  same  place. 
Timothy  Kirk,  of  Parish  of  Shankill  and  Catharine  Robson  of 
Parish  of  Sego,  County  Armagh,  were  married  3  Mo.  17,  1676,  at 
house  of  Mark  Wright,  Parish  of  Shankill,  County  Armagh. 
Among  signers  to  certificate  were  :  Val.  and  Ann  Hollingsworth, 
Judith,  John,  and  Thomas  Calvert,  and  Robert  Hoope. 

In  1680,  Timothy  and  Roger  Kirk,  of  County  Armagh,  had 
their  goods  taken  for  tithes.     (Stockdah-,  144.) 

'  A.  H.  Harlan,  of  New  Burlington,  Ohio,  is  about  to  issue  an  elaborate 
genealogy  of  the  Harlan  family. 


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The  following  is  a  list  of  the  children  of  Timothy  Kirk  :  Deborah, 
b.  7  Mo.  5,  1677  ;  Samuel,  b.  lo  Mo.  15,  167S  ;  Jacob,  b.  10  Mo. 
30,  1680;  Sarah,  b.  8  Mo.  9,  1682;  Joseph,  b.  I  Mo.  23,  1685  ; 
Rosier,  b.  2  Mo.  31,  1686  ;  John,  b.  10  Mo.  31,  1687  ;  Ruth,  b. 
7  Mo.  29,  1690  ;  Jane,  b.  7  Mo.  18,  1692. 

Roger  Kirk,  son  of  Timothy,  came  to  Pennsylvania  from  Ire- 
land, as  early  as  1712,  and  about  1714  married  Elizabeth  Rich- 
ards, of  New  Garden,  Chester  Co.  He  settled  in  Nottingham, 
that  county,  and  died  3  Mo.  28,  1761.  His  children  were  :  Mary, 
Timothy,  William,  Elizabeth,  Deborah,  Rebecca,  and  Samuel. 
(For  details  of  this  branch  of  the  family  see  a  Historic  Genealogy 
of  the  Kirk  Family,  by  Dr.  Charles  H.  Stubbs,  printed  in  1872  ; 
also  Potts,  Our  Family  Ancestors,  262,  and  Hist.  Chester  County, 
624.) 

Deborah  Kirk,  of  Parish  of  Shankill,  County  Armagh,  and 
Francis  Hillary,  of  Parish  of  Donnahlong,  County  Down,  were 
married,  7  Mo.  8,  1682,  at  the  house  of  Roger  Webb,  in  Parish  of 
Segoe,  County  Armagh.      (^Records  of  Lurgan  lileeting.) 

Robert  Kirk  and  Ann  Halliday  declared  their  intentions  of  mar- 
riage, 2  Mo.  25,  1696. 

Samuel  Kirk  and  Mary  Johnson,  both  of  Lurgan  Meeting,  were 
married  at  Lurgan,  4  Mo.  24,  1702.  {Minutes  of  Ulster  Province 
Meeting.) 

Alphonsus  Kirk,  son  of  Roger  and  EUzabeth,  and  uncle  of  the 
Roger  Kirk  (son  of  Timothy)  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  about 
171 2,  took  passage  from  Belfast,  11  Mo.  11,  1688,  and  landed  at 
Jamestown,  Va. ,  i  Mo.  (Mar)  12,  1689.  He  arrived  in  New 
Castle  County  3  Mo.  29,  1689.  bringing  with  him  a  certificate  of 
removal,  dated  10  Mo.  9,  1688,  from  the  meeting  at  John  Rob- 
son's  [Lurgan  Meeting]  stating  "  that  he  hath  lived  with  his  father 
from  his  infancy  until  now  .  .  .  and  since  his  convincement  he 
hath  belonged  to  our  Meeting."  This  document  was  signed  by 
the  following  members  of  the  Meeting  :  Robert  Hoopes,  Jno. 
Robson,  William  Porter,  Timothy  Kirk,  Jno.  Hoop,  Robt.  Kirk, 
Mark  Wright,  William  Crook,  Thos.  Wainwright,  Jno.  Webb, 
James  Webb,  William  Williams,  Jacob  Robson,  and  Thomas 
Walker. 

The  father  and  mother,  Roger  and  Elizabeth  Kirk,  added  a 
postscript  certifying  "  that  we  are  willing  our  son  above  named 
should  take  this  journey  herein  mentioned  .  .  .  and  if  it  be  his 
portion  to  marry  we  do  give  our  consent,  provided  it  be  to  a 
Friend,  and  in  unity  with  Friends,  according  to  the  order  of  truth." 
(Certificate  is  printed  in  full  in  Friends'  Intelligencer,  of  Phila- 
delphia, 3  Mo.  30,  1872,  Vol.  XXIX.,  p.  71.) 

He  was  married  12  Mo.  (Feb.)  23,  1692-3,  to  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Adam  and  Mary  Sharpy,  of  Shelpot  Creek,    New  Castle 


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County  on  Delaware.  He  settled  in  Christiana  Hundred,  near 
what  is  now  Centreville,  in  that  County.  Centre  Meeting  House 
was  built  on  his  land.  He  died  7  Mo.  7,  1745,  and  his  wife  in 
1748.  Their  children  were  :  Roger,  b.  i  Mo.  21,  1694,  d.  i  Mo. 
19,  1762  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  4  Mo.  23,  1695,  m.  Daniel  Brown  ; 
Jonathan  1  b.  1 1  Mo.  15,  1697,  d.  9  Mo.  1,  1735  ;  Mary,  b.  8  Mo. 
31,  i68g,  d.  9  Mo.  i,  1699  ;  Deborah,  b.  1 1  IVIo.  1699,  d.  7  Mo.  23, 
1704;  Abigail,  b.  7  Mo.  1701,  d.  7  Mo.  29,  1704;  Timothy  b. 
3  Mo.  6,  1704,  d.  8  Mo.  19,  1704  ;  Alphonsus,  b.  8  Mo.  2,  1705, 
d.  I  Mo.  I,  1730-1  ;  Adam,  b.  3  Mo,  i,  1707,  d.  10  Mo.  8,  1774  ; 
William,  b.  I  Mo.  4,  1708,  d.  3  Mo.  2,  1787  ;  Timothy,  b.  5  .Mo. 
I,   1711  ;   d.  5  Mo,  2,  1786. 

Of  these  children  Roger  removed  to  Nottingham,  and  William 
and  Timothy  settled  in  East  Cain  or  Pikeland.  William  was 
twice  married,  and  had  nineteen  children,  of  whom  one  was 
Rachel  Price,  a  minister  of  the  Society.  {/list.  Chester  County, 
624.)     See  pages  207-8. 

Jacob  Kirk,  son  of  Timothy,  and  grandson  of  Roger  Kirk,  was 
born  10  Mo.  30,  1680,  and  according  to  the  minutes  of  Ulster 
Province  Meeting,  was  married  7  Mo.  20,  17 16,  at  Hillsborough 
Meeting,  to  Rebecca  Robison,  of  Lisburn  Meeting,  County  An- 
trim. He  produced  a  certificate  of  removal  from  Ballinderry 
Meeting,  County  Antrim,  to  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting, 
Chester  County,  11  Mo.  31,  1729,  and  settled  on  Conestoga 
Creek,  in  Lampeter  Township,  Lancaster  County.  He  died  prior 
to  1744,  leaving  at  least  three  children  : 

1.  Jane  Kirk,  m.  (i)  Joseph  Miller,  2  Mo.  18,  1738,  (2) William 
Richards,  5  Mo.  10,  1759. 

2.  John  Kirk,  d.  1798-9,  m.  Ann  Wollaston,  of  Wilmington, 
Delaware,  3  Mo.  7,  1744,  and  had  children:  Jacob,  John,  Jeremiah, 
Sarah,  m.  John  Owen,  Rebecca,  m.  Evan  Griffith,  Catharine,  m. 
Joshua  Wollaston,  Jane,  m.  William  Steady.  John  Kirk  was  a 
resident  of  Lampeter  Township,  Lancaster  County.  He  was  a 
slave-owner,  but  manumitted  his  slaves  about  1779. 

3.  Rebecca  Kirk,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  meeting  records  as 
"  Rebecca  Kirk  ye  younger,"  m.  (i)  James  Miller,  i  Mo.  6,  1749, 

'The  Records  of  Old  Swedes  Church,  Wilmington  Del.  (Printed  by 
Hist.  Sec.  of  Pa.,  1890),  page  260,  stale  that  in  1720  "The  Quakers', 
Alphonsi  Kirk  and  wife  Abigail's  son  Jonathan,  21  years  old,  [was]  baptised 
in  St.  James'  Church,  July  loth."  Jonathan  Kirk  and  Mary  Anderson  were 
married  by  license,  Aug.  16,  1720  {Ibid.,  258).  Nov.  19,  1721,  James 
Kirk,  three  weeks  old,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (p.  266),  and  on  Jan.  26, 
1723,  EMzabeth  Kirk,  born  Jan.  II,  1723,  daughter  of  above,  were  baptized 
(P-  279). 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting       325 

and  had  children  (Rachel,  Sarah,  Hannah,  Jane)  ;  m.  (2)  Isaac 
Richards,  II  Mo.  10,  1763. — (See  Potts,  Our  Family  Ancestors, 
263.) 

Nathaniel  Cart.mill  and  wife  Dorothy  came  from  Ireland  to 
Pennsylvania,  in  1685  and  settled  within  the  limits  of  Newark 
Monthly  Meeting.  They  had  at  least  two  children  :  Martin,  b. 
I  Mo.  19,  1685,  at  sea  on  the  voyage  from  Ireland  ;  and  Thomas, 
b.  2  Mo.  29,  1689,  disowned  12  Mo.  4,  171 5,  for  marriage  out  of 
Society  {Records  of  Newark  Mo.  Mtg.).  In  1689-90,  Nathaniel 
Cartmill  and  Timothy  Atkinson  were  each  granted  200  acres  of 
land  in  the  Manor  of  Rockland,  New  Castle  County,  at  a  rent  of 
one  penny  per  acre,  "being  unwilling  such  good  Husbandman 
should  leave  the  Government"  (Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Prop- 
erty, Penn' a  Archives,  2d  Series,  XIX.,  25).  At  Newark  Monthly 
Meeting,  7  Mo.  3,  171 5,  Nathaniel  Cartmill  was  dealt  with  for 
consenting  to  his  son's  marriage  out  of  the  Society  ;  for  this 
breach  of  order  he  produced  a  satisfactory  acknowledgment. 
In  1669,  Godfrey  and  John  Cantrell,  of  Queen's  County,  Ireland, 
had  goods  taken  from  them  for  refusing  to  contribute  money  for 
the  church  at  Rosenallis  (Besse's  Sufferings  of  the  Quakers,  II., 
477)- 

Gayen  Miller,  who  first  appears  in  Chester  County  in  1702,  is 

thought  to  have  been  a  near  relative  of  John  Miller,  of  New 
Garden.  As  stated  on  page  128,  he  purchased  200  acres  at  the 
site  of  Kennett  Square,  and  in  1712  acquired  700  acres  in  New 
Garden.  He  also  secured  several  other  tracts.  He  took  his  seat 
in  the  Provincial  Assembly  in  1714.  He  died  in  1742,  leaving  a 
will,  dated  3  Mo.  31,  1742  (proved  Aug.  31,  1742),  in  which  he 
mentions  "my  cousin  James  Miller,"  probably  a  son  of  John 
Miller  of  New  Garden.  Children  of  Gayen  Miller  by  his  wife 
Margaret  : 

I.  James  Miller,  b.  11  Mo.  5,  1696;  d.  1732;  m.  Rachel, 
daughter  of  John  and  Katharine  Fred,  4  Mo.  20,  1721,  and  had 
children:  Sarah,  b.  1723,  m.  John  Jackson;  Deborah,  b.  1725, 
m.  Joseph  Sharp;  James,  b.  1728,   m.   (i)  Sarah  Way  and  (2) 


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26         Immigration  of  tJu  Irish  Qtcakers 


Phebe  Jones  ;  Jesse,  b.  1730,  m.  Lydia  Baily.  Rachel,  the  w-idow, 
m.  ;d,' James  Miller,  son  of  James  and  Katharine,  and  died  12 
Mo.  3,  1748-9. 

2.  \\'illjam  Miller,  b.  8  Mo.  30,  1698  ;  d.  1767  ;  m.  Ruth  Row- 
land, 7  Mo.  30,  1724,  and  had  children  :  Mary,  m.  James  Miller, 
1744;  Hannah,  m.  William  Whiteside;  Margaret,  m.  Jonathan 
Hanson,  .\pril  23,  1766. 

3.  Robert  Miller,  b.  3  Mo.  3,  1703  ;  m.  Ruth  Haines  ;  and  had 
children:  Margaret,  b.  1726,  m.  William  Bentley  ;  Solomon,  b. 
1727,  m.  Sarah  Matthews;  Dorothy,  b.  1729,  m.  George  Mat- 
thews; Patience,  b.  1730-1,  m.  (i)  Bishop  and  (2)  James 

Davis;  Hannah,  b.  1734,  m.  Curtis  Lewis;  Warwick,  b.  1735, 
d.  1777,  m.  Elizabeth  Price;  Isaac,  b.  1737-8,  d.  1752;  Jacob, 
b.  1739;  Rebecca,  b.  1742,  m.  Jas.  Allen;  Joseph,  b.  1744; 
Rachel,  b.  1746,  m.  Joseph  Johnson;  Sarah,  b.  1748,  m.  John 
Boyd  (2):  Benjamin,  b.  1752  ;  James,  b.  1754,  m.  Hannah  Pim. 

4.  Sarah  Miller,  b.  9  Mo.  i,  1704  ;  m.  Joshua  Johnson,  son  of 
Robert,  and  had  children  (James,  Lydia,  Margaret,  William, 
Sarah,  Joshua,  Hannah,  Robert,  Dinah,  Rebecca,  and  David). 

5.  Star)-  Miller,  b.  3  Mo.  7,  1707  ;  m.  William,  son  of  Samuel 
Beverly,  2  Mo.  22,  1730,  and  had  children  (Samuel,  James, 
Mary).' 

6.  Patrick  Miller,  b.  12  Mo.  28,  1708  ;  m.  (i)  Patience  Haines, 
9  Mo.  5,  1735,  ^^^  ^<^  children  0oseph,  Ruth,  Mar)-,  Patience)  ; 

m.  (2)  Anne ,  in   1745,  and  had  other  children  (Susanna 

Anne). 

7.  Samuel  Miller,  b.  4  Mo.  14,  171 1  ;  d.  Nov,  1764;  m.  Mar- 
garet HaUiday,  4  Mo.  29,  1732.     No  issue. 

8.  EUzabeth  Miller,  b.  5  Mo.  7,  1713  ;  m.  Joseph  Dickinson, 
8  Mo.  25.  1732,  and  had  children  (.Margaret,  Sarah,  Gayen,  Eliz- 
abeth, Mar>-,  Hannah,  Deborah,  Joseph,  Daniel,  James). 

9.  Joseph  Miller,  b.  7  Mo.  14,  1715  ;  d.  1741  ;  Jane  Kirk,  4 
Mo.  18,    1738. 

10.  Benjamin  Miller,  b.  6  Mo.  4,  1717  ;  m.  10  Mo.  7,  1738, 
Martha  (Musgrove)  Walter,  widow  of  John  Walter,  and  daughter 
of  John  Slusgrave.     He  settled  in  Lancaster  County. 

11.  John  Miller,  b.  11  Mo.  6,  1 720-1,  m.  Margaret  Smith,  8 
Mo.  28,  1 74 1.     Settled  in  Lancaster  County. 

12.  George  MiUer,  b.  5  Mo.  19,  1723.  He  married  "out  of 
meeting"  about  1744.1 

John  Miller,  wife  Mary  (received  4  Mo.  4, 1709),  and  chil- 
dren from  Grange  near  Charlemont,  in  1709. 

'  Potts,  Our  Family  Ancestors,  250-253. 


Newark  or  Ken7iett  Monthly  Meeting       327 

John  Miller,'  son  of  John  Miller,  bom  at  "  Breckenbrough,  in 
y  Parish  of  Kerbyw-ilk  in  Yorkshire,"  in  1633,  went  over  into 
Ireland  as  a  planter,  in  1657,  and  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Clibborn,  who  was  bom  in  1630,  at  Cowley,  in  the  County 
of  Durham,  England.  Their  children  were  :  WilMam,  b.  1659, 
at  Moate,  Margaret,  b.  1662,  Shurrch  ?  d.  1668;  John,  b.  1665, 
at  Moate  ;  Thomas,  b.  1667,  at  Ballynalinch  ;  Abraham,  b.  1670, 
at  Glin,  County  West  Meath  ;  and  Isaac,  b.  1672,  at  Glin, 
County  West  Meath.     (Potts,  Our  Family  Ancestors,  245-6.) 

One  John  Miller,  possibly  a  son  of  the  above  John  Miller,  mar- 
ried Mar)%  sister  of  Andrew  Ignew  and  as  early  as  1693  was  liv- 
ing within  the  limits  of  Grange  Meeting  near  Charlemont,  County 
Armagh,  Ireland.  He  and  his  family  arrived  in  Chester  County, 
Pa.,  in  1709,  and,  as  we  have  seen  on  page  13;,  settled  on  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  New  Garden  Township.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  New  Garden  Meeting  and  was  elected  to  the  Provin- 
cial Assembly  in  17 14,  but  died  that  same  year. 

Marv-  Miller,  his  widow,  died  in  1730.  In  her  will,  dated  5 
Mo.  12,  1730,  probated  August  10,  1730,  she  mentions  her 
' '  Kinsman  John  Too  ' '  and  leaves  ^30  ' '  to  pay  y^  passage  of  or 
Charges  of  three  of  my  brother  Andrew  Ignews  ^  Children  in  Com- 
ing to  this  Countn.',  provided  they  Come  in  y*  Space  of  two  years 
after  my  decease. 

Children  of  John  and  Mary  (Ignew)  MiUer : 

1.  James  Miller,  b.  i  Mo.,  1693,  near  Charlemont,  County 
Armagh  ;  m.  3  Mo.  24,  1722,  Ann  Cain  (daughter  of  John  and 
Ann)  who  was  bom  in  County  Armagh.  They  had  issue  :  Marv-, 
b.  1724  ;  Ann,  b.  1726  ;  Sarah,  b.  1727  ;  John,  b.  1730  ;  Joseph, 
b.  1732;  Susanna,  b.  1734-5;  Hannah,  b.  1737;  WiUiam,  b. 
1739  '•  James,  b.  1745. 

2.  Mary  Miller,  who  died  in  1736,  m.  Joseph  Hutton,  in  1714, 
and  had  issue  :  John,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Susanna,  Samuel,  WilUam, 
Benjamin,  Xehemiah,  Ephraim. 

3.  William  Miller,  b.  2  Mo.,  169S,  "  within  the  virge  of  Grange 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  Tyrone,  Ireland";  d.  1768;  m.  Ann 
Emlen,  4  Mo.  15,  1732,  and  had  issue  :  John,  b.  1733  ;  Hannah, 
b.  1734;  WiUiam,  b.  1737;  ^larv-,  b.  1741  ;  Ann,  b.  1743; 
Joshua,  b.  1746. 

1  In  1677,  one  Robert  Miller,  of  County  Antrim,  had  goods  seized  for 
tithes. — StockdaU  ,  76. 

In  1681,  Robert  Miller,  of  Parish  of  Denniskean,  County  Antrim,  had 
his  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Ibid.,  166. 

^In  1672,  Andrew  Ignew,  of  County  Antrim,  had  his  goods  seized  for 
tithes,  and  in  1673  was  imprisoned  at  Carrickfergus.  In  l5Sl,  Andrew 
Ignew,  of  BalUnderry  Parish,  County  Antrim,  had  his  goods  taken  for 
tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  13,  36,  169. 


328        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

4.  Joseph  Miller,  d.  7  Mo.  30,  1727  ;  m.  Ann,  daughter  ot 
Joseph  Gilpin,  10  Mo.  31,  1724,  and  had  children:  John,  b. 
1725  ;   Isaac,  b.  1727. 

5.  Sarah  Miller,  m.  Nehemiah  Hutton,  1723. 

6.  Elizabeth  Miller,  b.  i  Mo.,  1704,  in  Ireland;  d.  2  Mo.  8, 
1783;  m.  William  Chambers,  8  Mo.  22,  1729,  and  had  ten 
children. 

7.  Martha  Miller,  m.  (i)  John  Jordan  and  (2)  Nathaniel  lioul- 
ton. 

8.  Elinor  Miller,  m.  Richard  Chambers,  4  Mo.  19,  1729,  and 
had  eight  children. 

9.  Susanna  Miller,  m.  Joseph  Jackson,  2  Mo.  18,  1734. 

James  Starr,  from  Catterlaugh  [Carlow]   Meeting,   Ireland, 

received  4  Mo.  7,  171 2. 

John  Starr,  whose  father  is  said  to  have  served  in  the  Parlia- 
ment Army  as  a  captain  of  infantry,  and  to  have  removed  to  Ire- 
land, resided  at  Old  Castle,  County  Meath.  By  Mary,  his  wife, 
he  had  children:  John,  b.  7  Mo.,  1674;  James,  b.  10  Mo.  28, 
1676;  George,  b.  2  Mo.  16,  1679;  Mary,  b.  7  Mo.  15,  1682; 
Elizabeth,  b.  9  Mo.  12,  1684  ;  Susanna,  b.  9  Mo.  23,  1686  ;  Jere- 
miah, b.  8  Mo.  17,  1690;  Moses,  b.  8  Mo.  27,  1692  ;  Isaac,  b.  9 
Mo.  23,   1697. 

Of  these,  James  Starr,  of  Coothill,  was  married  6  Mo.  22,  1705. 
to  Rachel  Laybourne,  daughter  of  Joseph  Laybourne,  of  Black 
Hadleigh,  County  Durham,  England,  deceased,  and  of  Rachel, 
his  wife,  nowof  Ardnahue,  County  Carlow,  Ireland.  She  was  born 
8  Mo.  7,  1686,  at  Ramestown.  James  was  a  farmer  in  County 
Cavan,  whence  he  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1712,  and  settled  in 
New  Garden,  Chester  County.  In  1714  he  was  chosen  clerk  of 
Newark  Monthly  Meeting  and  overseer  of  New  Garden  Meeting. 
Upon  the  establishment  of  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  in  17 18, 
he  became  the  clerk  and  served  until  1726.  In  1 731,  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Charlestown  Township,  Chester  County,  and 
located  at  the'  present  site  of  Phoenixville.  His  children  were 
Mary,  Joseph,  John,  James,  Rachel,  Moses,  Samuel,  and  Susanna. 

Jeremiah  Starr,  son  of  John,  m.  11  Mo.  10,  1716,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Jackson,  and  toward  the  close  of  1717 
came  to  Chester  County  and  settled  in  London  Grove  Township, 
a  little  northwest  of  the  Borough  of  Avondale. 

Moses  Starr,  son  of  John,  m.  6  Mo.  2,  1715,  at  Old  Castle 
Meeting,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Merrick  King,  of  that  place. 
They  came  over  with  Jeremiah  and  his  family,  and  after  a  time 
settled  at  Maiden  Creek,  Berks  County.  He  was  the  first  and  for 
many  years  the  old  representative  of  Berks  County  in  the  Pro- 
vincial Assembly. 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting-      329 

Isaac  Starr,  the  youngest  brother,  also  came  to  Pennsylvania, 
and  was  married  12  i\Io.  20,  1723,  to  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Lightfoot,  by  whom  he  had  several  children.  For  further 
details  see  Nisi,  of  Chester  County,  729,  Record  of  the  Jackson 
Family,  72-73,  and  Cope's  Smedley  Genealogy,   146. 

Merrick  King,  of  Old  Castle  Meeting,  and  Mary  Starr,  of  Bally- 
haes  Meeting,  were  married  3  Mo.  2,  1699,  at  John  Starr's. 

John  Starr,  "  ye  younger,"  and  Sarah  Martin,  both  of  the  meet- 
ing near  Ballyhaes,  were  married  6  Mo.  1 1,   1706,  at  John  Bell's. 

Richard  King,  of  Old  Castle  Aleeting,  and  Elizabeth  Starr,  of 
Ballyhaes  Meeting,  were  married  12  IVIo.  24,  1702,  at  Killagh 
Meeting. 

Thomas  Martin  and  Susanna  Starr,  both  of  Ballyhaes  Meeting, 
were  married  7  Mo.  10,  1710,  at  John  Bell's  near  Ballyhaes. — 
Records  of  Carlo-cv  Meeting. 

In  1679,  John  Starr  and  William  Haddock,  of  Parish  of  Ma- 
gheragall.  County  Antrim,  suffered  persecution  for  tithes. — Stock- 
dale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  120. 

Margaret  Ray,  unmarried,  from  Lurgan  Meeting,  County 
Armagh,  Ireland,  received  i  Mo.  7,  17 13.  Married  Moses 
Harlan. 

Edward  Thompson,  received  3  Mo.  5,  171 1,  from  Ireland. 

Thomas  Garnett,  wife  Sarah,  and  brother  Joseph  Garnett, 
received  3  Mo.  5,  171 1,  from  County  Tyrone,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Garnett  and  Sarah  Baker,  both  of  Grange  Meeting, 
near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh,  were  married  4  Mo.  16,  1708, 
at  Grange  Meeting.  (Minutes  of  Ulster  Province  Meeting.) 
Thomas  Garnett  resided  in  New  Garden,  Chester  County,  until 
about  1717,  when  he  removed  to  Kent  County.  Maryland.  A 
son  George  was  born  2  Mo.  29,  1710. 

Joseph  Garnet  m.  in  1716  Margaret,  widow  of  John  Lowden. 

Joseph  Sharp,  received  6  Mo.  4,  1711,  from  Ireland. 

Elizabeth  Hobson,  dated  9  Mo.  22,  1710,  from  Friends  in 
Ireland;  received  2  Mo.  5,  1712. 

In  9  Mo.,  1712,  she  married  John  Hope,  of  Kennett. 

Francis  Hobson,  received  2  Mo.  5,  17 12,  from  Grange  near 
Charlemont,  Ireland. 

Francis  and  Lawrence  Hobson  were  among  those  convinced 
by  the  preaching  of  William  Clayton  and  William  Edmundson  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Grange  near  Charlemont,  in  1655.     {Rutty, 


33°        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

91.)  In  1666,  Francis  Hobson,  of  County  Armagh,  had  taken 
for  tithes,  goods  valued  at  £j.  los.  (^Bcsse,  II.,  475),  and  in  1670, 
goods  valued  at  ^'3.  5s.,  for  refusing  to  contribute  to  the  repair  of 
the  "  Parish  Worship-house  at  Kilmore,"  County  Armagh. 
{Ibid.,  II.,  479.)  In  1671,  he  had  taken  for  tithes,  wheat,  barley 
and  oats,  valued  at  ^3.  14.     {Siockiiah',  4.) 

In  1673,  •"  County  Armagh,  "Francis  Hobson  was  sued  in 
the  Bishop's  Court  at  Ardmagh  for  £2  Tyths  of  Milch-Money,  by 
George  Walker,  Priest,  and  by  Warrant  from  two  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  upon  a  definitive  Sentence,  was  taken  by  David  Mulligan, 
Constable,  the  2d  Day  of  the  sixth  Month,  and  committed  to  the 
Goal  of  Ardmagh,  and  was  Prisoner  two  Years  and  four  Months, 
and  about  the  13th  of  the  tenth  Month,  1675,  died  in  the  said 
Goal."      {A  Compendious  Vifiu,  79-80.) 

One  Francis  Hobson,  of  Drumilly,  Parish  of  Loughgall,  County 
Armagh,  and  Mary  Harding,  of  Lissacurran,  Parish  of  Shankill, 
said  county,  were  married  11  Mo.  29,  1694.  {Ltirgan  Meeting 
Records.) 

Francis  Hobson,  the  emigrant,  of  1712,  born  about  1686,  pur- 
chased 200  acres  of  land  in  New  Garden,  Chester  County,  by 
deed  of  May  i,  1713,  in  which  he  is  styled  weaver,  for  the  sum  of 
^40.  This  land  is  still  held  by  descendants  of  the  name.  In 
3  Mo.  (May),  1716,  he  was  married  to  Martha  Wainhouse,  from 
Dublin.  He  died  9  Mo.  29,  1766,  in  his  eightieth  year,  and  his 
widow  II  Mo.  25,  1775,  aged  eighty-three.  Their  children  were  : 
Francis,  b.  9  Mo.  12,  1720,  removed  to  what  is  now  Montgomery 
County,  and  died  9  Mo.  29,  1792,  in  Limerick  Township,  m.  8 
Mo.  17,  1744,  to  Martha  Shaw  ;  Mary,  b.  12  Mo.  19,  1724,  m.  4 
Mo.  18,  1747,  to  Robert  Boyce,  of  New  Garden  ;  John,  b.  7  Mo. 
7,  1726;  Joseph,  b.  10  Mo.  23,  1731,  d.  12  Mo.  11,  1797,  m.  4 
Mo.  15,  1767,  at  London  Grove  Meeting,  to  Ehzabeth  Foster; 
Martha,  b.  2  Mo.  19,  1738,  d.  6  Mo.  30,  iSii,  m.  to  Samuel 
Miller,  Jr.     (See  History  of  Chester  CoutUy,  605.) 

Joseph  Hutton,  received  4  Mo.  7,  1712  from  Catterlaugh 
[Carlow]  Meeting,  Ireland. 
Thomas   Hutton '  of  Killeagh,   County  Cavan,  Ireland    [wid- 

'  In  1658,  John  Hutton  and  other  Quakers  were  taken  from  a  meeting 
at  Cavan  and  imprisoned  eleven  days.  —  [Btsse  II.,  464.) 

In  1677,  John  Hutton,  County  Meath,  had  seized  for  tithes  two  out  of 
sixteen  Iambs,  two  "clamps  of  Turfe,"  four  "Fleeces  of  Wool,"  three 
loads  of  hay,  one  load  of  barley,  nine  loads  of  oats,  eleven  "sheaves  of 
Beare,"  four  "  car  loads  of  Beare,"  etc.,  valued  at  £^.  lis. — Slocida/e,  S4. 

In  1680,  Joseph  Leybourn,  County  Carlow,  had  seized  for  tithes,  nine 
"sheaves  of  Beans,"  eight  "sheaves  of  Beare,"  fourteen  "  Kishes  of 
Turfe,"  etc.,  valued  at  l2i.—{Slockcia!e,  158.) 


Newark  or  Kcnnett  Mont  lily  Meeting      331 

ovver]  was  married,  3  Mo.  23,  1703,  at  New  Garden  Meeting, 
County  Carlow,  to  Rachel  Layboiirne,  of  Ardnahue,  County 
Cavan,  widow  of  Joseph  Laybourne  {Records  of  Carlow  Meeting). 
See  Thomas  Hutton's  letters,  pages  64-7. 

Joseph  Hutton,  son  of  Thomas,  settled  in  New  Garden,  Ches- 
ter County,  and  in  1 714  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  Miller.  He  died  in  the  autumn  of  1735,  ^^^  his  widow  in 
the  following  winter.  They  had  children  :  John,  Thomas,  Joseph, 
Susanna,  Samuel,  William,  Benjamin,  Nehemiah,  and  Ephraim. 
John,  b.  6  Mo.  31,1715,  m.  3  Mo.  6,  1 741,  at  London  Grove, 
Chester  County,  Ann  Harry,  and  removed  to  Warrington,  York 
County,  about  1753  ;  Thomas,  b.  12  Mo.  20,  17 15,  m.  3  Mo. 
9,  1739,  ^'  London  Grove,  Elizabeth  Harry  ;  Joseph,  b.  5  Mo. 
28,  1720,  m.  9  Mo.  5,  1747,  at  New  Garden,  Chester  County, 
Betty,  daughter  of  Henry  Willis,  and  about  1753  removed  to 
Newberry  Township,  York  County  ;  Samuel,  b.  2  Mo.  15,  1724, 
removed  to  Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  County,  about  1753, 
and  m.  5  Mo.  9,  1753,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Wright;  William,  b.  12  Mo.  14,  1725,  m.  9  Mo.  15,  1750, 
Deborah,  daughter  of  John  Todd,  of  London  Grove,  and  removed 
to  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  York  County,  about  1751  ;  Ben- 
jamin, b.  12  Mo.  I,  1728-9;  Nehemiah  b.  6  Mo.  27,  1731,  m. 
II  Mo.  8,  1753,  Ann  Hiett. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Betty  (Willis)  Hutton:  Joshua,  b.  7 
Mo.  25,  1748,  m.  5  Mo.  13,  1772,  at  Newberry  Meeting,  York 
County,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Timothy  Kirk,  of  Newberry  ; 
Rachel,  b.  8  Mo.  21,  1750;  Joseph,  b.  10  Mo.  30,  1755; 
Susanna,  b.  6  Mo.  18,  1758,  d.  4  Mo.  27,  1762  ;  Betty,  b.  2  Mo. 
20,  1761  ;  Simon,  b.  2  Mo.  17,  1765. 

In  16S1,  in  County  Ccrlow,  Gregory  Russell  and  Joseph  Leybourae  had 
taken  from  them  for  tithes  28  "  fleeces  of  Wooll,"  9  lambs,  also  hay  and 
corn,  wheat,  "Beare,"  beans,  white  peas,  "Turfe,"  "potatoes,"  "a 
Goose,"  all  valued  at  £1. 

"  The  said  Gregory  and  Joseph  carrying  home  their  Hay  James  Now- 
lan  struck  Gregory  with  a  Pitchfork,  and  Joseph  Leyboum  holding  up  his 
arm  to  save  the  blow,  the  other  run  the  Pitchfork  in  his  Arm,  and  Joseph 
reproving  them  for  their  rude  and  uncivil  carriage,  one  of  them  struck  him 
three  blows  with  a  Spade,  and  the  said  Nowlan  said,  if  any  did  oppose  them 
he  would  kill  thera,  and  Joseph  telling  them  he  could  not  pay  Tithes  for 
Conscience  sake,  one  of  them  said,  there  was  no  Conscience  used  in  these 
times,  with  many  other  uncivil  reproachful  words  not  fit  to  be  mentioned." 
— ^Hd.,  191-2. 

In  1678,  in  County  Carlow,  John  and  Gregory  Russell  had  their  goods 
taken  for  tithes.  The  officers  "pulled  John  Russell  off  a  Corn  Stack, 
and  tore  his  Coat,  and  swung  his  Wife  about  by  the  Arm  until  they  tore 
her  Wastcoat  and  her  Shift,  and  threw  her  into  the  Weeds,  she  being 
great  with  Child." — Ibid.,  IIO. 


332         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Children  of  William  and  Deborah  (Todd)  Hutton  :  Levi,  b.  6 
Mo.  5,  1752,  d.  10  Mo.  3,  1753;  Tamer,  b.  2  Mo.  3,  1754; 
Susanna,  b.  12  Mo.  17,  1755  ;  Levi,  b.  i  Mo.  31,  1758.  d.  2  Mo. 
22,  1844,  m.  Martha. 

Nehkmiah  Hutton,  unmarried,  from  Coothill,  County  Cavan, 

Ireland,  received  11  Mo.  5,  17 16. 

Nehemiah  Hutton,  another  son  of  Thomas  Hutton,  also  came 
to  Pennsylvania,  and,  5  Mo.  25,  1723,  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  Miller.  They  made  their  final  settlement  within 
the  limits  of  Exeter  Monthly  Meeting,  Berks  County.  Their  chil- 
dren were  :  Susanna,  b.  1 1  Mo.  20,  1724  ;  John,  b.  2  Mo.  7,  1727  ; 
James  ;  Mary  ;  Sarah  ;  Abigail  ;   Deborah  ;  Martha  ;  and  Tamar. 

John  Hutton,  brother  of  Joseph  and  Nehemiah,  married  in 
1724,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Michael  Lightfoot,  and  had  a  son 
Thomas  and  other  children.  {History  of  Chester  County,  609  ; 
records  of  New  Garden  and  Warrington  Mo.  Mtgs.) 

Michael  Lightfoot,  received  4  Mo.  7,  17 12,  from  Catter- 
laugh  [Carlow]  Monthly  Meeting,  Ireland. 

John  Wiley,   received  4  Mo.    7,    1712,   from  County  West 

Meath.     Unmarried.     Married  Martha  Nevvby  in  17 13. 

One  John  Wyly,  of  Hillsborough  Mtg.,  and  Sarah  Walker,  of 
Grange  Mtg.,  near  Charlemont,  declared  their  intentions  of  mar- 
riage at  Grange  Preparative  Mtg.,  3  Mo.  24,  1727. 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  6  Mo.  29,  1696,  Thomas  Wyly, 
of  Coleraine,  was  mentioned  as  having  been  to  London  Yearly 
Meeting. 

Samuel  Miller  and  Jane  Wyly,  both  of  Lisnegarvy  Mtg.,  were 
married  9  Mo.  21,  i6g8,  at  the  house  of  Richard  Boys.  William 
Wyly,  of  Coleraine  Mtg.,  and  Ruth  Courtney,  of  Lisnegarvy  Mtg., 
were  married  at  the  house  of  Richard  Boys,  5  Mo.  12,  1704. — 
Minutes  of  Ulster  Province  Mtg. 

In  1677  and  1679,  John  Wyly,  of  Parish  of  Ahalee,  suffered  per- 
secution for  tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  76, 
120. 

In  1681,  Robert  Willy,  of  Parish  of  Ballinderry,  County  Antrim, 
had  taken  barley,  oats,  hay,  wheat,  and  maslin  ;  value  ^3. — 
Ibid.,  168. 

In  1681,  John  Wyly,  of  Parish  of  Killoan,  County  Antrim,  had 
his  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Ibid.,  166. 

Allen  Wyly  and  Sarah  Adams  were  married  in  1694. — Minutes 
of  Ulster  Province  Meeting. 

Thomas  Wily,   son    of   Allen  Wily,  of   New  Garden,  Chester 


Newark  or  Kennett  Mo7ithly  Mcetmg      333 

County,  Pa.,  and  Rachel,  daughter  of  Thomas  Rowland,  were  mar- 
ried 9  Mo.  13,  1729,  at  New  Garden  Meeting. 

At  Lisburn  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  lo  Mo.  28,  1676,  "John 
Wily  layd  before  us  his  intentions  of  mariadg  with  An  Boyes 
&  their  proceeding  hath  been  Soe  orderly  that  we  can  not  but  lett 
them  proceed  to  the  Six  weeks  mg." 

At  Lisburn  Meeting,  4  Mo.  16,  1684,  Robert  Mickle  and  John 
Wiley  "layd  before  Frds.  their  going  to  Pensillvania. " 


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Christopher  Wilson,  received  4  Mo.  7,  17 12,  from  County 
West  Meath,  Ireland.     Unmarried. 

He  was  born  about  1690,  in  Yorkshire,  England,  of  parents 
who  were  members  of  the  Church  of  England.  When  he 
reached  manhood  he  became  a  Friend  and  removed  to  Ireland. 
In  17 1 2,  he  came  over  as  a  servant  and  settled  in  New  Castle  Co., 
Delaware,  where  he  married  Esther  Woodward,  8  Mo.  22,  1719, 
and  left  numerous  descendants.  About  1728  he  became  a  minis- 
ter of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  died  7  Mo.  11,  1740,  in  the 
50th  year  of  his  age  (See  A  CoUection  of  Mt-moriah,  Phila.,  1787, 
p.  102-3).  "About  a  Month  agoe  I  agreed  with  Christopher 
Wilson  a  Weaver  who  dwells  at  John  Griggs  for  a  parcel  of  Land 
on  ye  lower  Side  of  Brandywine,"  200  acres  next  below  Valentine 
Hollingsworth. — James  Steel  to  John  Taylor  in  a  letter,  dated 
Philadelphia,  11  Mo.  7,  17 18,  among  the  Taylor  Papers,  Corre- 
spondence, i68j-iy2j.  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania. 

John  Sharp,  received  7  Mo.  6,  171 2,  from  Ireland. 

John  Sharp  and  Joseph  Sharp,  probably  brothers,  were  no 
doubt  nearly  related  to  Anthony  Sharp,  a  native  of  Gloucester- 
shire, England,  who  became  a  Friend  and  removed  to  Dubhn  in 
1669. 

John  Sharp  m.  2  Mo.  16,  1726,  at  New  Garden  Meeting,  Ann 
Bryan,  of  New  Garden.  He  died  about  174S.  His  widow  then 
married,  3  Mo.  30,  175 1,  at  New  Garden  Meeting,  John  Nichols, 
of  Kennett,  and  died  about  1782,  her  will  being  proved  that  year. 

Children  of  John  and  Ann  (Bryan)  Sharp  were  : 

I.   John,  b.  5  Mo.  19,  1730. 


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II.  Elizabeth,  b.  4  Mo.  23,  1732,  m.  5  Mo.  2,  1754,  at  New 
Garden  Meeting,  James,  son  of  John  Nichols,  of  Kennelt. 

III.  George,  b.  2  Mo.  27,  1735,  ^-  Dec.  9,  1761,  m.  (ist)  about 
1763,  at  Old  Swede's  Church,  Wilmington,  Delaware,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dinah  Gregg,  of  Kennett  (children  by  ist 
wife — Thomas,  Samuel),  and  (2d)  Sarah  (Chambers)  Gregg,  widow 
of  Benjamin  Gregg  (children  by  2d  wife — Abiah,  Eh,  Jesse). 

IV.  Benjamin,  b.  7  Mo.  25,  1738,  m.  2  Mo.  3,  1762,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  Wiley,  of  Kennett. 

V.  Mary,  b.  8  Mo.  26,  1740,  m.  about  1758,  John  Woodward,  Jr. 

VI.  Thomas,  b.  11  Mo.  12,  1747,  d.  March,  176S,  m.  Rachel. 

Joseph  Sharp,  of  Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  tanner, 
came  from  Ireland  about  171 1,  and  settled  in  London  Grove, 
Chester  County  ;  m.  9  Mo.  4,  1 713,  at  Concord  Meeting,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Abigail  Pyle.  By  deed  of  March  25, 
1 7 14,  he  purchased  two  tracts  of  land  of  200  acres  each  in  New 
Garden.     He  died  in  1746. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Pyle)  Sharp  : 

I.  Abigail,  b.  5  mo.  26,  1714,  d.  9  Mo.  27,  1726. 

II.  Elizabeth,  b.  5  Mo.  25,  1717,  d.  10  Mo.,  1719. 

III.  Mary,  b.  7  Mo.  17,  1710,  d.  10  Mo.,  1719. 

IV.  Elizabeth,  b.  12  Mo.  19,  1720,  m.  Jeremiah  Douglass. 
(Children,  Joseph,  Mary,  Elizabeth.) 

V.  Sarah,  b.  6  Mo.  5,  1723,  d.  10  Mo.  22,  1723. 

VI.  Joseph,  b.  8  Mo.  19,  1724,  m.  Deborah  Miller,  and  re- 
moved to  Iredell  County,  S.  C. 

\'ll.   George,  b.  9  Mo.  4,  1726,  d.  young. 
\'III.   Abigail,  b.  2  Mo.  1729,  m.  (ist)  William  Sharpless,  (2d) 
Moses  Palmer. 

IX.  Mary,  b.  6  Mo.  21,   1731,  d.  6  Mo.  30,  1731. 

X.  Samuel,  b.  8  Mo.  30,  1734,  d.  about  1819,  m.  Mary,  widow 
of  Isaac  Starr,  and  daughter  of  Richard  and  Abigail  (Harlan) 
Flower.     See  Cope's  Sharpless  Family,  182. 

Elizabeth  Sharp,  received  5  Mo.  4,  17 13. 

John  Lowden  and  wife  Margaret,  from  Ireland,  received  4 
Mo.  6,  1713. 

John  Lowden,  of  Antrim  Meeting,  and  Margaret  Tanner,  of 
Carricksfergus  Meeting,  were  married  at  the  house  of  John  War- 
dell,  "  neere  Carrickfergus,"  4  Mo.  20,  1699.  {Afiiiu/i-s  of  Ulster 
Province  Afeeling.)  Sometime  after  1703  he  removed  to  New 
Garden,  County  Carlow,  whence  in  171 1  (Samuel  Smith  in 
Hazard' s  Register.  VII.,  3),  he  came  to  Chester  County,  Penn- 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting      335 

sylvania,  and  settled  in  the  township  of  New  Garden,  which  it  is 
beheved  he  was  instrumental  in  naming  for  his  old  home  in  Ireland. 
He  was  an  eminent  minister  of  the  Society  and  made  religious  visits 
to  New  York  and  New  England.  He  died  i  Mo.  19,  1714,  at 
Abington  (near  Jenkintown,  Pa.).  His  widow,  Margaret,  was  mar- 
ried to  Joseph  Garnett,  in  1716.  A  son  William  Lowden  was  born 
9  Mo.  10,  1703,  in  County  Antrim  (seepage  230).  Richard  Lowden, 
another  son,  was  married  4  Mo.  5,  172S,  at  Samuel  Blunston's 
house,  in  Hempfield  (now  Columbia,  Lancaster  County)  to  Patience 
Wright,  daughter  of  John,  of  Hempfield.  A  daughter  Mary  mar- 
ried   Updegraff. 

By  deed  of  1734,  WiUiam  Lowden,  yeoman,  Richard  Lowden, 
cordwainer,  and  Mary  Updegraff,  children  of  John  Lowden,  de- 
ceased, sold  a  part  of  the  Lowden  tract  in  New  Garden. 

Thomas  Jackson,  received  4  Mo.  6,  1713,  from  Mountmel- 
mellick  Monthly  Meeting,  Queen's  County,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Jackson,  son  of  Nicholas  Jackson,  of  Kilbank,  in 
Seathwaite,  Lancashire,  England,  was  born  at  that  place.  He 
removed  thence  to  Ireland,  and  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Judith  Man,  born  at  Mountmellick,  Queen's  County.  He 
leased  some  land  at  Dreighet,  Parish  of  Arkhill,  Barony  of  Car- 
berry,  County  Kildare,  about  1709,  which  hesold  to  WilUam  Knott. 
They  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  171 3,  sailing  from  Dublin  on  the 
25th  of  I  Mo.,  and  settled  in  New  Garden  Township,  Chester 
County,  where  by  deed  of  Jan.  i,  17(3,  he  purchased  200  acres 
of  land.  About  171 1  he  removed  to  Marlborough,  Chester  County, 
where  he  died  in   1756. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Jackson  :  John,  b.  9  Mo.  14, 
1703,  at  Ballinolarbin,  King's  County  (children — George,  Sarah 
and  David);  Judith,  b.  12  Mo.  27,  1705,  m.  Daniel  Every; 
Mary,  b.  12  Mo.  8,  1708,  at  Timahoe,  County  Kildare,  m.  Jacob 
Wright,  of  East  Marlborough  (son  of  Jacob),  2  Mo.  8,  1741,  at 
London  Grove  Meeting  (no  issue)  ;  Thomas,  b.  6  Mo.  10,  1710, 
at  Drechet,  King's  County,  m.  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Smith, 
of  Marlborough,  3  Mo.  17,  1738  (children — Ann,  Caleb,  Mary, 
and  Joshua)  ;  Ann,  b.  7  Mo.  5,  1714,  at  New  Garden,  d.  7  Mo. 
28,  1757  ;  Jonathan,  b.  12  Mo.  16,  1717,  at  New  Garden,  m. 
Mary  Hayes,  10  Mo.  3,  1743  (children — Mary,  Thomas,  Sarah, 
Ann,  Elizabeth  and  Ruth);  Elizabeth,  b.  10  Mo.  8,  1720,  m. 
Henry  Chalfant,  son  of  John,  of  West  Marlborough,  8  Mo.  15, 
740,  at  London  Grove  (children — Jonathan,  Thomas,  Henry, 
Ann,  Elizabeth,  Jacob,  Mary,  Abner,  and  Caleb).  For  further 
account  itt  Jackson  Genealogy,  285-88. 


336        Immigratio7i  of  the  J  risk  Qicakers 

James  Lindley,  and  wife  Eleanor,  from  Carlow  Meeting,  Ire- 
land, received  8  ]\Io.  3,  1713. 

Eleanor  Lindley  was  a  sister  of  Thomas  Parke.  James  Lind- 
ley purchased  200  acres  of  land  in  New  Garden,  in  17 13,  and  400 
in  London  Grove,  in  1722,  in  the  deed  for  which  he  is  styled 
blacksmith.  Thomas  Lindley,  a  brother,  perhaps,  was  a  black- 
smith in  Philadelphia,  but  owned  land  in  Cain  Township,  Chester 
County. 

The  children  of  James  and  Eleanor  Lindley  were  Thomas,  b. 
2  Mo.  25,  1706;  Rachel,  b.  5  Mo.  11,  1707  ;  James,  b.  4  Mo. 
30,  1709;  Margery;  Robert,  b.  4  Mo.  32,  1713  ;  William,  b.  12 
Mo.  20,  1714,  d.  10  Mo.  26,  1726;  Alice,  b.  2  Mo.  25,  1716; 
Mary,  b.  9  Mo.  4,  1717  ;  Jonathan,  b.  3  Mo.  11,  1719,  m.  De- 
borah Halliday,  2  Mo.  15,  1741  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  8  Mo.  4,  1720; 
Hannah,  b.  i  Mo.  11,  1723;  Eleanor,  b.  i  Mo.  11,  1727-28. 

James  Lindley  died  10  Mo.  13,  1726,  and  his  widow  married 
Henry  Jones.  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  married  Ruth  Hadley, 
and  went  to  Orange  County,  North  CaroUna.  The  children  of 
Jonathan  and  Deborah  Lindley  were  Jacob  (who  became  an  emi- 
nent minister  of  the  Society  of  Eriends),  b.  9  Mo.  18,  1744,  ni. 
II  Mo.  14,  1782,  to  Hannah,  widow  of  William  Miller;  James, 
b.  10  Mo.  18,  1746;  Jonathan,  b.  9  Mo.  18,  1750;  Deborah,  b. 
b.  12  Mo.  26,  1753  ;  Ruth,  m.  11  Mo.  6,  1800,  to  David  Wilson. 
— History  of  Chester  County,  637. 

John  C.\ne,  and  wife  Ann,  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  County 
Armagh,  Ireland,  received  10  Mo.  5,  1713. 

They  settled  in  London  Grove,  Chester  County,  where  he  died 

shortly  after.     His  widow  is   supposed  to  have  married  

Todd.  Children  of  John  and  Ann  Cane ;  John,  m.  9  Mo.  7, 
1722,  Rachel,  d.  of  Randal  and  Mary  Malin  ;  Ann,  m.  in  1722, 
James  Miller  ;  Margaret  (.'),  m.  in  1720,  John  Todd  ;  Robert  (?), 
m.  in  1730,  Ann  Dixon. — History  of  Chester  County,  492. 

William  Halliday,  and  wife  Deborah  (from  Dublin,  received 

12  Mo.  7,  1 7 13)  from  Moate  Meeting,  County  West  Meath, 

Ireland,  received  12  Mo.  6,  17 13. 

One  James  Halliday  and  Hannah  Leaze,  both  of  Lurgan,  were 
married  at  Lurgan  ^Ieeting,  8  Mo.  27,  1703  {Minutes  of  Ulstet 
Province  Meeting. ) 

William  and  Deborah  Halliday  had  six  children  :  Robert,  b.  7 
Mo.  16,  1702,  in  Ireland  ;  Rachel,  b.  10  Mo.  25,  1704,  m. 
Andrew  Moore,  of  Sadsbury,  4  Mo.  24,  1725  ;  Jacob  b.  8  Mo. 
18,  1706,  d.  5  Mo.  24,  1721  ;  Margaret,  b.  11    .Mo.   13,   1709,  ni. 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting      337 

Samuel  Miller,  son  of  Gayen,  4  Mo.  29,  1732  ;  Sarah,  b.  i  Mo. 
14,  1713  ;  Deborah,  b.  2  Mo.  28,  1716,  m.  Jonathan,  son  of 
James  Lindley,  2  Mo.  15,  1743,  and  had  four  children  (Jacob,  b. 
9  Mo.  18,  1744,  m.  Hannah  Miller,  and  was  an  eminent  Quaker 
minister;  James  b.  10  Mo.  18,  1746;  Jonathan,  b.  9  Mo.  18, 
1750;  Deborah,  b.  12  Mo.  26,  1753). 

Robert  Halliday,  son  of  William  and  Deborah,  m.  ist  Miriam 
Haines,  daughter  of  Joseph,  of  Nottingham,  4  Mo.  3,  1730;  m. 
2d,  in  1739  o''  1740.  Mabel  Anderson,  a  Friend  from  Ireland. 
They  had  two  children  :  (1)  Jacob,  m.  ist  to  Patience,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Painter,   of  Concord,  4  Mo.    13,  1768, 

and   2d  to  Ann .     He  died   3  Mo.    22,    1822;  she    died 

about  1836  or  1837.  (2)  Phebe  m.  10  Mo.  24,  1765,  Isaac 
Jackson,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Miller)  Jackson. — Jackson  Gene- 
alogy, 221-2. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Property,  12  Mo.  2,  1726, 
"Alex'  Mongumry  requests  (By  his  Brother-in-Law  Wm.  Halli- 
day) the  Grant  of  a  piece  of  Land  near  Octoraro  Creek,  for  a 
Settlement."  —  Peniia.  Archives,  2d  Series,  XIX.,  745. 

John  Allen,  from  Ireland,  received,  2  Mo.  3,  17 13. 

John  Allen,  b.  8  Mo.  3,  1694  ;  d.  9  Mo.  16,  1771  ;  m.  in  1719, 
Amy  Cox,  and  settled  in  London  Grove  Township,  Chester 
County.  Children:  (i)  John,  b.  2  Mo.  8,  1720;  d.  10  Mo.  i, 
1754;  m.  9  Mo.  12,  1740,  Phebe  Scarlett,  and  lived  in  London 
Grove  (2)  Rebecca,  \>.  8  Mo.  8,  1722  ;  m.  (ist)  Alexander  Mode 
and  (2d)  William  Chandler.  (3)  Emey  (Amy),  b.  6  Mo.  8,  1725  ; 
m.  Philip  Ward.  (4)  Elizabeth,  b.  2  Mo.  29,  1728  ;  m.  Simon 
Dixson.  (5)  William,  b.  8  Mo.  3,  1730;  m.  5  Mo.  24,  1758, 
Sarah  Greave.  (6)  Joseph,  b.  5  Mo.  12,  1733;  m.  11  Mo.  13, 
1755,  Deborah  Hill.  (7)  Mary,  b.  n  Mo.  i,  1738;  m.  Moses 
Fraizer.  (8)  Phebe,  b.  2  Mo.  9,  1739;  d.  10  Mo.  19,  1787.  (9) 
Benjamin,  b.  8  Mo.  4,  1742  ;  m.  12  Mo.  20,  1764,  Hannah  Green- 
field.— History  of  Chester  County,  463. 

One  William  Allen  and  Martha  Mackie,  both  of  Ballyhagen 
Meeting,  County  Armagh,  were  married,  i  Mo.  6,  1700,  at  Bally- 
hagen Meeting. — Minutes  of  Lister  Province  Meeting. 

William  Taylor,  from  Ballytore,  County  Kildare,  Ireland, 
received  10  Mo.  4,  17 14. 


338        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

RouERT  Johnson,  and  wife  Margaret,  from  Carlow  Meeting, 

Ireland,  received  12  Mo.  5,  1714. 

Robert  Johnson  and  wife  Margaret,  nee  Berthwaite,  settled  on 
a  tract  of  200  acres  of  land  in  New  Garden,  where  he  died  in 
1732,  leaving  children  :  I'enjamin,  James,  Joshua,  Robert,  Abi- 
gail, and  Ann.  Of  these  Joshua,  b.  7  Mo.  29,  1696,  at  Coleboy, 
County  Wicklow,  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Gayen  and  Margaret 
Miller.  (Children :  James,  Lydia,  Margaret,  William,  Sarah, 
Joshua,  Hannah,  Robert,  Dinah,  Rebecca,  and  David.)  Robert 
Johnson,  Jr.,  m.  Katharine,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Ruth  Hadly, 
and  Imd  children  :  Hannah,  Simon,  Caleb,  Lydia,  Stephen,  Jona- 
than, and  Isaac. — History  of  Chester  County,  615. 

Martha  Wainhous,  from  Dublin,  dated   i   Mo.   17,   17 14; 
received  12  Mo.  4,  1715. 

Thomas   Lightfoot,    from    Moate    Meeting,    County   West 
Meath,  Ireland,  received  6  Mo.  4,  1716. 


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Thomas  Lightfoot,'  a  highly  esteemed  minister  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  was  born  about  1645,  perhaps  in  Cambridgeshire,  and 
may  have  been  the  son  of  another  Thomas  Lightfoot  who  suflered 
persecution  for  his  Quaker  belief  at  Cambridge,  in  1653,2  and  was 
a  companion  of  George  Whitehead  in  his  religious  journeys.  In 
1692,  the  younger  Thomas  was  living  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Lisburn  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland  ;  for  on  8  Mo.  27  of 
that  year  he  was  appointed  on  a  committee  to  buy  the  Friends 
graveyard  at  Lisburn  from  Robert  Richardson.  In  1694,  he  re- 
moved from  the  north  of  the  Island  to  Moate  Meeting  in  County 
West  Meath. 3  Thence  in  1716*  he  came  to  New  Garden,  Penn- 
sylvania. Early  in  1724  he  paid  a  religious  visit  to  New  Eng- 
land. He  died  at  Darby,  now  Delaware  County,  9  Mo.  4,  1725, 
"  greatly  beloved "  says  his  intimate  friend  Thomas  Chalkley,' 

'Gilbert  Cope,  Genealogy  of  the  Smcdley  Family,  1 94-6,  Iliitory  of 
Chester  County,  by] ;  A  Collection  of  Memorials,  dT,-^  (Phila.  1787); 
BoTuden,  11.,  260-1. 

*Besse,  I.,  85. 

'At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  5  Mo.  31,  1697,  Thomas  Lightfoot  is 
mentioned  as  having  the  custody  of  £\^  of  meeting  funds. 

*  Proud,  \\.,  188. 

'  Journal,  163. 


Newark  or  Kennett  Monthly  Meeting       339 

"for  his  Piety  and  Virtue,  his  sweet  disposition  and  hvely  Minis- 
tr)-." 

The  name  of  his  hrst  wife  is  thought  to  have  been  Mary,  after 
whose  death  he  married  Sarah  Wiley,  a  widow,  about  the  time  of 
his  removal  to  West  Meath.  Toward  the  close  of  1724  he  was 
married  to  Margaret,  widow  of  John  Blunston,  of  Darby,  to 
which  place  he  removed.     He  had  at  least  nine  children  : 

1.  Catharine,  m.  1700,  James  Miller,  and  arrived  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1729,  where  she  died  a  few  days  later. 

2.  Michael  Lightfoot,'  b.  about  1683,  m.  in  Ireland,  Mary 
Newby,  daughter  of  John  Newby,  of  Dublin,  and  came  to  New 
Garden,  Chester  County,  in  1712.  He  was  appointed  an  elder 
in  1725,  and  recommended  as  a  minister  in  1728.  He  travelled 
extensively  in  religious  service  in  America,  Great  Britain,  and 
Ireland.  In  1743,  he  removed  to  Philadelphia  to  take  the  post 
of  Provincial  Treasurer,  an  office  he  held  until  his  death,  12  Mo. 
3,  1754.  His  children  were:  Sarah,  b.  4  Mo.  30,  1707,  m. 
John  Hutton  ;  Elinor,  b.  10  Mo.  16,  1708,  m.  3  Mo.  2,  1734,  at 
New  Garden,  Francis  Parvin  ;  Mary,  b.  i  Mo.  20,  1710-11,  m. 
Samuel  Clarke;  Katharine,  b.  6  Mo.  12,  1714;  Thomas,  b.  5 
Mo.  16,  1716  ;  WilUam,  b.  3  Mo.  22,  1720.  m.  Jane  George. 

3.  William  Lightfoot,  m.  2  Mo.  24,  1706,  Isabel  Holmes,  of 
Lahinchey,  King's  County,  Ireland.  He  made  a  visit  to  his  rela- 
tives in  Pennsylvania,  in  1725. 

4.  Abigail,  m.  Joseph  Wiley,  in  Ireland,  in  1715,  and  came  to 
Pennsylvania  with  her  father.  Children  :  Sarah,  b.  1 1  Mo.  6, 
1716  ;  Ann,  b.  9  Mo.  6,  1718 ;  John,  b.  1 1  Mo.  19,  1721. 

5.  Elizabeth,  b.  i  Mo.  11,  1695-6,  at  Bally  Kieran,  County 
West  Meath,  m.  2  Mo.  1717,  Arthur  Jones,  of  Merion  Meeting, 
Penna. 

6.  Sarah,  b.  5  Mo.  29,  1698  ;  d.  1702. 

7.  Samuel  Lightfoot,  b.  2  Mo.  5,  1701,  m.  7  Mo.  30,  1725,  at 
New  Garden  Meeting,  Chester  County,  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Abbott)  Head,  and  afterwards  settled  in 
Pikeland  Township,  Chester  County.  He  was  a  prominent  sur- 
veyor and  Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  d.  near  Chester,  2  Mo.  26,  1777. 
Children  :  Benjamin,  b.  6  Mo.  28,  1726,  also  a  surveyor  ; 
Thomas,  b.  2  Mo.  7,  1728,  d.  10  Mo.  5,  1793  ;  Samuel  Abbott,  b. 
I  Mo.  7,  1729-30,  d.  7  Mo.  30,  1759,  at  Pittsburgh  ;  William,  b. 
I  Mo.  20,  1732,  d.  II  Mo.  25,  1797. 

8.  Margaret,  b.  12  Mo.  18,  1702;  m.  12  Mo.  20,  1723,  Isaac 
Starr,  of  New  Garden. 

'Cope,  Genealogy  of  Smedley  Family,  1 95  ;  Proud,  II.,  232  ;  Bowden, 
11.,  387. 


340        Imniigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

g.  Jacob  Lightfoot,  b.  lo  Mo.  16,  1706,  at  Bally  Kieran,  near 
Athlone,  Ireland;  m.  3  Mo.  21,  1735.  ^'  Darby  Meeting,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Sarah  (Bethel)  Bonsall,  of  that  place. 
He  took  a  certificate  from  New  Garden  to  Chester,  in  1733,  and 
removed  thence,  about  1735,  to  Maiden  Creek,  Berks  County, 
where  he  died  6  Mo.  17,  1781.  His  wife,  who  was  a  minister 
among  Friends,  died  at  Maiden  Creek,  8  Mo.  10,  1777.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  b.  6  Mo.  30,  1736,  d.  9  Mo.  27,  1784,  m.  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  Hutton  ;  Sarah,  b.  10  Mo.  28,  1738,  d. 
7  Mo.,  1775,  m.  Francis  Parvin,  5  Mo.  16,  1759;  Thomas,  b. 
7  Mo.  21,  1742,  d.  12  Mo.  24,  1821,  m.  Hannah  Wright,  5  Mo. 
II,  1774;  Ann,  b.  i  Mo.  3,  1745,  d.  4  Mo.  17,  1807  ;  Grace,  b. 
7  Mo.  17,  1748,  d.  9  Mo.  II,  1784,  m.  William  Tomlinson,  5 
Mo.  12,  1773. 

Joseph  Wiley,  son-in-law  of  Thomas  Lightfoot,  Moate  Meet- 
ing, County  West  Meath,  received  6  Mo.  4,  1716. 

Simon  Hadley,  and  wife  Ruth  from  Moate  Meeting,  County 
West  Meath,  received  6  Mo.  4,  17 16. 

They  came  from  Ireland  about  171 2,  and  settled  in  New  Castle 
County,  near  the  New  Garden  line.  A  house  which  he  erected 
in  1717  was  still  standing  in  1881.  Children  :  Joseph,  b.  8  Mo. 
25,  1698;  Deborah,  b.  2  Mo.  25,  1701  ;  Joshua,  b.  3  Mo.  6, 
1703;  Simon,  b.  12  Mo.  23,  1704-5;  d.  11  Mo.  4,  1 730-1  ; 
Hannah,  b.  11  Mo.  16,  1709-10;  Ruth,  b.  i  2  Mo.  6,  1711-2; 
Katharine,  b.  2  Mo.  25,  1715  ;  Ann,  b.  12  Mo.  7,  1717-18. 
The  mother  died  12  Mo.  18,  1750-1,  and  was  buried  at  New 
Garden,  after  which  Simon  married  Phebe,  widow  of  Richard 
Buffington,  of  Bradford,  Chester  County.  (//«/.  Chester  County, 
576.) 

John    Starr,  received    8    Mo.    5,    17 17,   from    Old    Castle 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  Meath,  Ireland. 

Tho.mas  Jackson,  received  10  Mo.  7,  1717,  from  Old  Castle 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  Meath,  Ireland. 


Newark  or  Kennett  IMotithly  Meeting       341 

Thomas  Jackson,  of  Old  Castle,  County  East  Meath,  linen-draper,  by 
deed  of  Jan.  19,  1715,  purchased  from  Ebenezer  Pike,  of  Cork,  merchant, 
land  in  Pennsylvania  (Phila.  Deeds,  F.  7,  p.  326).  By  first  wife  he  had 
four  children  :  Ruth,  who  married  Joseph  Martin,  Isaac,  Samuel,  and 
Benjamin.  He  came  to  Pennsylvania  about  1717,  and  was  married  a 
second  time,  10  Mo.  25,  1718,  at  New  Garden  Meeting,  to  Mary  Wiley, 
of  New  Garden,  probably  a  step-daughter  of  Thomas  Lightfoot.  He  died 
in  East  Marlborough,  in  1727. 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  7  Mo.  28,  1728,  "Mary 
Jackson  acquainted  this  Meeting  that  she  intended  to  go  to  Ire- 
land to  Visit  her  Relations  and  Requested  to  have  a  Certificate." 
Her  certificate  was  signed  8  Mo.  26,   1728. 

Mary,  widow  of  Thomas  Jackson,  of  East  Marlborough,  made 
her  will  8  Mo.  28,  1729,  and  it  was  probated  Dec.  20,  1729.  She 
states  that  she  is  now  ' '  at  Sea  aboard  the  Sizargh,  of  Whitehaven, 
Jeremiah  Cowman,  Master,  Bound  for  Philadelphia,  I  now  being 
Indisposed  in  Body."  She  mentions  her  sons-in-law,  Samuel, 
Isaac,  and  Benjamin  Jackson  ;  her  brother,  John  Wiley,  in  Penn- 
sylvania (to  whom  she  leaves  £.\o)  ;  and  her  daughter-in-law, 
Ruth  Martin,  in  County  Cavan,  Ireland  (to  whom  she  bequeaths 
£io).  Witnesses  to  the  will  were  :  James  Miller,  Lambert  Emer- 
son and  Robert  White.  In  the  accounts  of  her  estate  is  a  record 
of  "Cash  P"^  Nathan  Cowman,"  ^^3.4.4. 

Joseph  Martin,  and  wife  Ruth,  received  10  Mo.  7,  171 7, 
from  Old  Castle,  County  Meath,  Ireland.  At  New  Garden 
Montly  Meeting,  8  Mo.  11,  17 18,  a  certificate  to  Philadel- 
phia was  signed  for  them. 

Moses  Starr,  and  wife  Deborah,  received  10  Mo.  7,  1717, 
from  Old  Castle,  County  Meath,  Ireland. 

Jeremiah  Starr,  received  3  Mo.  3,  17 18,  from  Carlow 
Meeting,  Ireland. 

Samuel  Kirk,  unmarried,  received  12  Mo.  6,  17 19,  from 
Lurgan  Meeting,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

William  Whitaker,  received  10  Mo.  2,  1721,  from  Dublin, 
Ireland. 

Edward  Thornbury,  received  9  Mo.  6,  1725,  from  Lurgan 
Meeting,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Wilson  and  family  received  7  Mo.  3,  1726,  from 
Ballynacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 


342         hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

George  ^L\rsh,  son  of  Joshua,  unmarried,  received  7  Mo. 
6,  1727,  dated  5  Mo.  22,  172S,  from  Grange  Monthly 
Meeting,  near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Miriam  Andrews  "produced  a  Certificate  from  lurgan 
[Meeting,  County  Armagh]  in  the  north  of  ierland,"  to 
the  woman's  branch  of  Newark  Mo.  Mtg.,  7  Mo.  6,  1729. 

As  her  husband,  William  Andrews,  did  not  produce  a  certifi- 
cate, it  is  presumed  he  was  not  a  Friend.  In  his  will,'  dated  1 1 
Mo.  23,  1747-4S,  probated  March  25,  1748,  he  is  mentioned  as 
yeoman  of  Christiana  Hundred,  Xew  Castle  County,  upon  Dela- 
ware. He  speaks  of  his  "servant,  James  Xash,  a  man  bought 
of  George  Robinson,"  and  bequeaths  his  property  to  his  wife 
Miriam  and  children,  Ruth,  Ezekiel,  Hannah,  and  John.  The 
Andrews  were  related  in  some  way  to  the  Hollingsworths  ;  for 
"At  a  meeting  of  the  Commissioners  of  Property  8  b'2  d  1731 
*  *  *  Samuel  Hollingsworth  (on  behalf  of  his  Kinsman  \Vm. 
Andrees)  request  the  Grant  of  about  100  Acres  of  vac'  Land  in 
Kennet,  between  the  Land  late  Ezekiel  Harlan's  and  James 
Wallis." 

Miriam  Andrews,  of  the  Borough  of  Wilmington,  widow  of 
William  Andrews,  in  her  will,  dated  6  Mo.  20,  1750,  probated 
Sept.  5,  1750  (G.  I,  p.  419),  mentions  her  "  cosin  Jane  Hartley 
wife  of  Thomas  Heartly,"  her  sons  Ezekiel  and  John  Andrews 
and  daughters,  Hannah  West  and  Ruth  Andrews,  the  latter  to  be 
placed  as  an  apprentice  with  Elinor  Robinson. 

The  children  of  William  and  Miriam,  as  shown  by  meeting 
records,  were  as  follows  : 

1.  Ezekiel,  b.  11  .Mo.  21,  1729;  d.  3  Mo.  4,  1772;  m.  5  Mo. 
8,  1761,  Rebecca  Robinson.  Their  son,  James  Andrews,  re- 
moved to  Darby,  now  Delaware  County,  Pa.,  married  Martha 
Bunting,  and  had  a  son  James,  who  married  Hannah  Lloyd. 

2.  Hannah,  b.  5  Mo.  14,  1732,  m.  8  Mo.  19,  1749,  Joseph 
West. 

3.  Ruth,  b.  7  Mo.  23,  1734. 

4.  John,  b.  6  Mo.  2,  1736,  m.  Sarah  Ferris. 

In  1671,  Christian  Anderson  for  tithe  had  taken  by  the  "  Priest 
of  the  Parish  of  Kilmore,"  County  Armagh,  wheat,  barley,  oats, 
maslin,  and  hay  to  the  value  of  ^4.  1 5s.  6d. — Stockdale,  A  Great 
Cry  of  Oppression,  4. 

William  MacCool,  received  7  Mo.  6,  1729,  from  Bally- 
nacree,  Antrim  County,  Ireland. 

'  Book  G.  I,  page  109,  Register's  OflSce,  Wilmington,  Del. 


Newark  or  Ke7inett  Monthly  Meeting      343 

John  Clark,  son  of  Walter,  received  7  Mo.  6,  1729,  dated 
3  Mo.  27,  1729,  from  Grange,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

Samuel  Clark,  unmarried,  son  of  Walter  Clark,  received 
8  Mo.  4,  1729,  dated  3  Mo.  27,  1729,  from  Grange,  County 
Antrim,  Ireland,  where  he  was  ' '  born  and  bred. ' ' 
Original  in  possession  of  Gilbert  Cope,  West  Chester  Pa. 
Samuel  Clark,  of  Marlborough,  Chester  County,  Pa.,  son 
of  Walter  Clark,  of  Grange,  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  was 
married,  8  Mo.  6,  1727,  at  New  Garden,  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Michael  Lightfoot. 

John  Clark,  son  of  Walter  Clark,  received  4  Mo.  5,  1731, 
from  Grange,  County  Antrim,  Ireland,   dated  3  Mo.  27, 

1729.     Original  in  possession  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West 
Chester,  Pa. 

Thomas  Christy,  received  9  Mo.  4,  1735,  from  Ballyhagan 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

In  1675,  in  County  Antrim,  Alexander  Christy,  for  tithe  by 
"John  Charlton,  Tithmonger  (being  his  Landlord)  at  the  pay- 
ment of  his  Rent,  eight  shillings,  and  would  not  receive  the  rest, 
unless  he  would  give  eight  shillings  more  ;  and  because  Alexander 
would  not,  for  one  pound  of  Rent  due  he  took  a  Cow  from  him 
worth  one  pound  ten  shilUngs." — Stockdale,  49. 

Samuel  Clark,  unmarried,  dated  4  Mo.  26,  1735,  from  Lis- 
burn  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  formerly  of  Grange, 
County  Antrim,  "having  for  some  time  past  dwelt  at 
Hillsborough  which  is  a  branch  of  our  Meeting."  Orig- 
inal in  possession  of  Gilbert  Cope,  West  Chester,  Pa. 

Mary  Varman  (a  young  woman),  daughter  of  Hattill  Var- 
man,  dated  i  Mo.  8,  1729-30,  from  Monthly  Meeting  at 
Cooladine,  probably  in  County  of  Wexford,  Ireland. 

OuivLii  McCooL,  "  ye  Bearer  Widow  &  Relict,  to  John  Mc- 
Cool  Deceased,"  dated  2  Mo.  7,  1729,  from  Ballynacree 
Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland.  Original  in  possession 
of  Gilbert  Cope,  West  Chester,  Pa.  The  McCools  ap- 
parently removed  to  Kent  County,  Marjdand. 

Elizabeth  Clark,  unmarried,  daughter  of  Walter  Clark, 
received  i    Mo.    6,  1735-36,  dated  3  Mo.  10,  1735,  from 


344        Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Antrim  Meeting,  Ireland,  endorsed,  4  Mo.  26,  1735,  by 
Six  Week's  Meeting  in  Lisburn,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 
She  "was  born  and  Educated  at  Grange  within  the  Lim- 
mits  of  this  Mens  Meeting,  and  her  parents  were  friends 
in  Unity  with  us,  (whose  memory  is  dear  unto  many  of  us)." 
Her  father  died  a  "  Good  Many  Years  agoe,  &  Some  more 
than  three  Years  Since  her  Mother  also  Dyed,  on  which 
account  she  found  it  Nessasery  to  Remove  from  Grange  to 
some  of  her  Relations  at  Dublin  and  Hillsborough  after 
her  mother's  death."  "She  dwelt  for  Some  Years  past  at 
Hillsborough  as  within  mentioned."  Original  MS.  in 
possession  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.  She 
married  Benjamin  Jackson,  in  1736. 

About  1655,  "a  Meeting  was  settled  at  the  Grange,  below 
Antrim  (Co.  Antrim),  at  the  house  of  Gabriel  Clark,  an  honest, 
religious,  antient  man,  who  received  Truth  as  also  his  Wife  and 
Family." — Rutty,  p.  91.  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West  Chester,  Pa., 
has  a  very  full  and  interesting  manuscript  account  of  Gabriel 
Clark  and  family. 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  2  Mo.  14,  1705,  it  was  stated  that 
"Walter  Clark  hath  built  a  meeting  house  at  Grange  for  y'  Ser- 
vice of  truth  and  use  of  friends."  In  his  will,  dated  5  Mo.  7, 
1705,  James  Greenwood  mentions  his  brother-in-law,  Walter 
Clark.  Nathaniel  Clark  and  Elizabeth  ( jreenwood,  both  of  Grange 
Mtg.,  Co.  Antrim,  were  married  there,  10  Mo.  22,  1701. — Min- 
utes of  Ulster  Province  Meeting: 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  2  Mo.  14,  1705,  report  was  made 
that  "Walter  Clark  hath  built  a  meeting  house  at  Grange  for 
y"  Service  of  truth  &  use  of  friends."  In  1716,  Thomas  Story 
\joumal,  537)  mentions  that  he  came  to  "Grange  to  Walter 
Clark's." 

Mabel  Anderson,  unmarried,  received  i  Mo.  4,  1737-8; 
dated  3  Mo.  12,  1737,  from  Ballyhagan,  County  Armagh, 
Ireland  ;  "with  ye  Consent  of  her  Mother  and  Relations 
Consent."  She  goes  "in  company  with  her  uncle 
William."  Original  certificate  in  possession  of  Gilbert 
Cope,  West  Chester,  Pa.  She  was  married,  about  1740, 
by  a  "priest"  to  Robert  Halliday,  of  New  Garden,  who 
was  not  a  Friend. 

Mary  Varman,  unmarried,  from  Ireland,  received  4  Mo. 
24,  1732- 


Newark  or  Kennett  Mojithly  Meeting       345 

Sarah  Pringle,  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Ireland,  received 
II  Mo.  4,  1734-5- 

Robert   Whinerv,    unmarried,   from  Grange,    Ireland,    re- 
ceived 5  Mo.  I,  173S. 

Robert  Whinery,'  weaver,  came  from  Grange,  near  Charlemont, 
about  1738,  and  seems  to  have  settled  at  Wilmington,  Delaware, 
his  certificate  from  Grange  being  received  at  Newark  or  Kennett 
Monthly  Meeting,  5  Mo.  i,   1738.      About  the  latter  part  of  1740, 

he  was  married  by  a  Presbyterian  minister  to  Isabel ,  who 

was  not  a  Friend.  Wilmington  Preparative  Meeting  made  report  of 
this  infraction  of  the  Society's  rules  to  Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  I 
Mo.  7,  1 740- 1.  After  some  delay  Whinery  was  induced  to 
make  the  following  acceptable  acknowledgment,  which  was  read 
in  a  First-day  Meeting  at  Wilmington  : 

"To  the  Monthly  Meeting  of  Newark  held  at  Kennett  y1  4th: 
of  y'.  5th;  Mo.  1741.  Dear  friends  :  These  May  inform  you  that 
Contrary  to  >■;  principle  of  truth  in  my  own  heart  as  well  as  the 
Repeated  &  Continued  Caution  &  Advice  of  my  friends,  I  have 
accomplished  my  marriage  out  of  y=  good  order  Established 
amongst  them  by  a  Presbyterian  Minister  which  hath  been  cause 
of  Sorrow  to  me  ;  Which  act  I  hereby  Condemn  &  take  y'  blame 
to  my  self  with  desires  of  your  Prayers  for  my  future  preservation 
in  the  way  of  Peace  ;  from  your  friend 

"Robert  Whinery." 

In  1749,  Robert  Whinery  was  assessed  in  Kennett  Township, 
Chester,  but  about  1750,  he  removed  with  his  family  to  York 
County,  settling  within  the  limits  of  Newberry  Meeting,  his  cer- 
tificate of  removal  from  Newark,  dated  7  Mo.  i,  1750,  being 
received  at  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  10  Mo.  21,  1752.  Rob- 
ert Whinery' s  membership  in  the  Society  of  Friends  was  discon- 
tinued in  1754. 

'  John  and  Elinor  Whinery  were  present  at  a  marriage  at  Ballyhagen 
Meeting,  in  1702,  and  Matthew  Whinery  was  at  a  marriage  at  the  same 
place,  in  1703. 

Thomas  Whinnery  and  Katharine  Smith,  both  of  Parish  of  Kilmore, 
County  Armaugh,  members  of  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  were  married  at  Bally- 
hagen Meeting  House,  11  Mo.  23,  1706.  Among  the  signers  were 
Thomas  Whinnery,  Katharine  Whinnery,  Mary  Smith,  Sr.,  Mary 
Smith,  Rose  Smith,  Francis  Hobson,  John  Smith,  James  Smith. 

In  1749  and  1750,  one  Patrick  Whinnery  was  licensed  as  a  peddlar  in 
Chester  County,  Pa.  In  his  petition  to  the  court  he  stated  that  he  had 
been  a  weaver,  but  having  broken  a  thigh  had  "fallen  into  a  consumption." 
— Hist.  Chester  County,  432.  He  was  assessed  as  a  single  freeman  in 
Kennett  Township  in  1747  and  1749,  and  in  East  Marlborough  Township, 
in  1750,  1753,  and  1754. 


346         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

By  deed  of  May  19,  1771,  Robert  Whinery,  of  Newberry 
Township,  York  County,  weaver,  and  Isabel,  his  wife,  conveyed 
to  their  son  Thomas  a  tract  of  290  acres  of  land  which  had  been 
granted  to  Robert  by  warrant  of  April  4,  1768  {Rt-coriier  s  Office, 
ViirJt,  Pii).  In  his  will,  dated  Jan.  7,  1785,  probated  Sept.  23, 
1791,  Robert  Whinery  mentions  his  children,  Hannah  McCreary, 
Thomas,  William,  and  Catharine  Whinery,  and  grandchild  Sarah 
McCreary. 

I.  Hannah  Whinery,  m.  McCreary.     Child,  Sarah. 

II.  Thomas  Whinery,  of  Newberry  Township,  m.  12  Mo.  18, 
1 77 1,  at  Newberry  Meeting,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Robert  Mills,  of 
same  place.  Among  those  who  signed  the  marriage  certificate 
were  Robert,  Isabel,  Ann,  and  William  Whinery,  Robert  and 
Mary  Mills.  Children  were:  Thomas,  b.  10  Mo.  5,  1779,  m., 
about  1807,  Ruth  Miller,  who  was  not  a  Friend.  (She  and  her 
daughter  Phebe,  b.  1808,  were  received  as  members  of  Warring- 
ton Monthly  Meeting,  in  1808.  This  family  removed  to  Warren 
County,  Ohio,  in  1809,  taking  a  certificate  of  removal  to  Centre 
Monthly  Meeting.) 

III.  William  Whinery,  of  Newberry  Township,  York  County, 
m.  about  1776,  Abigail  McMillan,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
(Boyd)  McMillan.  In  1791,  William  Whinery  and  his  six  chil- 
dren— Robert,  John,  Thomas,  William,  James,  and  Jane — were 
received  as  members  of  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting.  About 
1806,  this  family  removed  to  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  and  made 
a  location  in  Butler  Township,  near  the  present  town  of  Winona, 
a  certificate  of  removal  to  Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  Ohio,  being 
signed  by  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  i  Mo.  11,  1806. 
Children  were  :  Robert,  m.  10  Mo.  14,  1801,  at  Newberry  Meet- 
ing, Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Phebe  (Penrose)  Leech 
(they  removed  westward  about  1803  and  settled  near  Winona); 
John  received  a  certificate  to  Middleton  Monthly  Meeting,  Ohio, 
in  1S04,  and  settled  near  Salem,  Columbiana  County  ;  Thomas, 
m.  9  Mo.  12,  1805,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Jediah  and  Jane  (Penrose) 
Hussey  (removed  to  near  Salem,  Ohio,  about  1806)  ;  William, 
m.  Margery  Carroll  ;  James,  b.  3  Mo.  10,  1787,  m.  .Sarah 
Carroll  in  Ohio  (children,  b.  near  Salem,  Ohio,  were  Elizabeth, 
William,  Joseph,  Zimri,  Dr.  John  C,  Thomas,  James,  Edward, 
Eliza,  Abigail,  Ellwood,  Newton,  Sarah,  and  Isabel)  ;  Cieorge  ; 
Jane,  m.  David  Burson  ;  Zimri,  m.  Judith  Wright  ;  Sarah,  m. 
David  Comley  ;  Abigail    m.  Benjamin  Pettit. 

IV.  Catharine  Whinery. 


Neiv  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  347 

NEW    GARDEN   MONTHLY   MEETING 

In  Chester  County.      Established  in  1718,  from  Newark  or  Kennett. 

Samuel  Beverly  and  wife  Jennet,  received  12  Mo.  9,  1722-3, 
from  Ballynacree  Monthly  Meeting,  Ireland. 

"Samuel  Beverly  and  Jannett  Hunter,  both  of  Ballymony  meet- 
ing," were  married  "at  James  Moors,  ye  19th  ^'-  1703/4  as  by 
certificate  may  appear."  {Minutes  Ulster  Province  Meeting.) 
They  settled  in  East  Marlborough,  Chester  County,  and  were  ac- 
companied by  two  children,  William  and  Mary.  William  married 
Mary  Miller  in  1730,  and  dying  before  his  father,  left  a  son 
Samuel,  who  in  1753  married  Ruth  Jackson,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Jackson,  East  Marlborough  Twp.,  Chester  Co.  Mary  Beverly, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ruth,  became  the  wife  of  William  Cause 
and  the  mother  of  Jonathan  Cause,  principal  of  the  celebrated 
Unionville  (Chester  Co.)  Academy,  which  was  attended  by  Bayard 
Taylor,  the  distinguished  author  and  traveller. — Hist.  Chester  Co., 
p.  481. 

John  Hutton,  received  9  Mo.  9,  1723,  from  Dublin,  Ire- 
land.    See  Joseph  Hutton,  pp.  330-2. 

Samuel  Miller  and  wife  Margaret  (b.  1683),  received  10 
Mo.  14,  1723,  from  Ballynacree  Monthly  Meeting,  County 
Antrim,  Ireland. 

They  settled  at  Sadsbury,  and  were  among  the  organizers  of 
Sadsbury  Meeting.  He  died  in  1774.  Children:  Mary,  m. 
William  Cooper,  8  Mo.  18,  1730,  and  had  children  (Robert,  Cal- 
vin, and  William)  ;  Elizabeth  m.  William  Reed,  8  Mo.  19,  1738  ; 
Robert,  m.  Sarah  McClung,  i  Mo.  7,  1 741-2,  and  had  childreri 
(Margaret,  b.  1742;  Samuel,  b.  1744;  Mary,  b.  1747;  Sarah, 
b.  1749;  Robert,  b.  1755).— Potts,  Our  Family  Ancestors, 
247-8. 

One  Samuel  Miller  and  Jane  Wyly,  both  of  Lisnegarvy  Meet- 
ing, were  married  at  the  home  of  Richard  Boys  (Ballinderry, 
County  Antrim)  9  Mo.  21,  1698. 

Eli  Crocket,  unmarried,  received  12  Mo.  8,  1723-4,  from 
Ballynacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland.  He  and 
John  Crocket  had  arrived  as  early  as  1722.  On  6  Mo.  8, 
1724,  Eli  was  made  overseer  of  Bush  River  Meeting,  in 
Maryland. 


348         Immigratioti  oj  the  Irish  Quaker's 

One  Eli  Crocket  and  Elizabeth  Wilkison,  both  of  Ballymoney 
Meeting,  were  married  11  Mo.  4,  1715,  at  the  house  of  James 
Moore. — Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov.  Mtg. 

In  1676,  Gilbert  Crockett,  of  Bellirushane  Parish,  County 
Antrim,  suffered  persecution  for  tithes. — StockdaU-,  75. 

In  1681,  t'lilbert  and  Eli  Crockett,  of  Parish  of  IJellyrashean, 
County  Antrim,  had  goods  seized  for  tithes. — Ibid.,   166. 

Eli  Crockett,  of  Ballymoney,  was  on  a  committee  of  Ulster 
Province  Meeting,  in  1695. 

Andrew  Moore,  received  6  Mo.  8,  1724,  from  Ballynacree 

Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

"Andrew  Moore'  and  Margaret  Wilson,  both  of  Dunclady 
Meeting,"  were  married  "  att  y"  house  of  Kathrine  Henderson 
in  Dunclady  [County  Antrim]  y°  27"'  day  of  y"  557  171 5  as  by  y' 
certificate  may  appear."  {Alinutes  of  Ulster  Province  Meeting, 
Ireland.^ 

Andrew  Moore,  according  to  his  biographer  and  descendant, 
Dr.  Passmore,  was  born  6  Mo.,  1688,  in  County  Antrim,  and  was 
a  son  of  James  Moore,  of  Ballynacree,  County  Antrim.  His  wife 
Margaret  died  probably  about  1722  or  1723,  shortly  before  his 
emigration.  He  and  his  family  arrived  at  New  Castle  on  Dela- 
ware, S  Mo.  3,  1723,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  lying  in 
Sadsbury  Township,  Chester  and  Lancaster  Counties.  Here  he 
engaged  in  milling  and  farming  and  was  an  active  and  influential 
member  of  Sadsbury  Meeting.  He  was  married  a  second  time, 
4  Mo.  24,  1725,  to  Rachel,  daughter  of  William  Halliday,  an- 
other Irish  Friend.  He  died  7  Mo.  5,  1753,  and  was  interred  in 
Friends'  burial  ground,  at  Sadsbury  Meeting  House.  Children 
were  as  follows  : 

1.  James,  b.  3  Mo.  6,  17 16,  came  to  Pennsylvania  with  his 
father  in  1723  ;  m.,  ist,  2  Mo.  16,  1741,  at  New  (harden  Meeting, 
Ann,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Rebecca  (Jackson)  Starr  ;  m.  2d 
Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Wildnian,  of  Bucks  County  ;  m.  3d 
Ann,  daughter  of  Caleb  Jackson  ;  m.  4th  Ann,  daughter  of  John 
Minshal.     He  died  8  Mo.  i,  1809. 

2.  Mary,  b.  in  1718,  m.  1st  in  1742,  William  Carson,  and  re- 
sided for  a  time  in  Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  County  ;  m. 
2d  James  Hamel,  of  Tyrone  Township,  now  Adams  County. 

'  In  1897,  Dr.  John  .\.  M.  Passmore,  of  Philadelphia,  issued  an  elaborate 
and  carefully  prepared  genealogy  of  Andmu  Moore  ntid  his  Desitnilanls, 
in  two  large  octavo  volumes  of  1600  pages.  In  the  liglit  of  the  above  mar- 
riage record  it  would  seem  that  lie  had  come  to  a  wrong  conclusion  in  stat- 
ing, on  page  7,  that  Andrew  Moore  had  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Gaycn  and  Margaret  (Henderson)  Miller. 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  349 

3.  Margaret,  b.  in  1719,  m.  Alexander  Love.  After  living 
some  years  in  York  County  they  removed  to  near  the  present 
town  of  Yorkville,  South  Carolina,  where  Alexander  became  a 
prominent  citizen,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Congress 
of  S.  C. 

4.  Thomas,  b.  1722,  d.  8  Mo.  12,  1728. 

5.  William,  b.  10  Mo.  27,  1726;  m.  5  Mo.  20,  1749,  at  Sads- 
bury,  Rachel,  daughter  of  William  Marsh. 

6.  Robert,  b.  9  Mo.  i,  1728  ;  d.  3  Mo.  25,  1732. 

7.  David,  b.  in  1731  ;  d.  5  Mo.  20,  1744. 

8.  Andrew,  b.  12  Mo.  i,  1733  ;  m.  9  Mo.  26,  1754,  at  Sads- 
bury,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Rebecca  (Starr)  Jack- 
son.    He  died  5  Mo.,  1801. 

9.  Joseph,  b.  7  Mo.  13,  1736  ;  m.  1  Mo.  22,  1756,  at  Sadsbury 
Meeting,  Jane,  daughter  of  Henry  Marsh.  He  died  7  Mo.  13, 
1805. 

10.  Robert,  b.  10  Mo.  22,  1739,  i^-  "'  ^^o-  'o.  1768,  at  Sads- 
bury, Mar)',  daughter  of  Moses  Brinton  ;  d.  2  Mo.  9,  1826. 

11.  John,  b.  10  Mo.  3,  1742;  m.  5  Mo.  i,  1765,  to  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  Downing,  d.  6  Mo.  28,  1821. 

12.  David,  b.  10  Mo.  13,  1745  ;  m.  10  Mo.  5,  1768,  at  Sads- 
bury, Martha,  daughter  of  Joseph  Williams  ;    d.  i  Mo.  16,  1829. 

13.  Rachel,  b.  3  Mo.  12,  1742;  m.  11  Mo.  12,  1761,  at  Sads- 
bury, John,  son  of  Thomas  Truman  ;  d.  7  Mo.  i,  1828. 

14.  Sarah,  m.  II  Mo.  i,  1769,  at  Sadsbury,  William  Truman, 
son  of  Thomas.     (Moore  Genealogy.) 

William  Lightfoot,  received  8  Mo.  9,  1725,  from  Moate 
Monthly  .Meeting,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland,  to  "visit 
his  father  &:  relations."  A  certificate  for  him  to  return 
to  Ireland  was  signed  10  Mo.  11,  1725. 

Isaac  Jackson  and  wife,  received  9  Mo.  10,  1725,  dated  i 
Mo.  28,  1725,  from  Carlow  Monthly  Meeting,  County  Car- 
low,  Ireland. 

Anthony  Jackson,  born  at  Eccleston,  Parish  of  St.  Michael, 
Lancashire,  England,  removed,  in  1649,  with  his  elder  brother, 
Richard  Jackson,  sometime  soldier  in  the  Parliamentary  Army, 
and  settled  at  Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  Ireland.  Here  they 
were  among  the  first  converts  to  Quakerism  in  Ireland.  In  1655 
they  removed  to  Cavan,  where  Anthony  probably  resided  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  In  1670,  and  as  late  as  1681,  he  is  men- 
tioned in  Basse  as  suffering  persecution  and  imprisonment  for 
non-payment  of  tithes. 

Isaac  Jackson   (1665-1750),    son   of  Anthony,  was    married  2 


350        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Mo.  29,  1696,  at  Oldcastle  Mtg.,  Co.  Meath,  to  Ann  Evans, 
daughter  of  Rowland  Evans,  of  Balliloing,  Co.  Wicklow.  After 
residing  for  some  years  at  Oldcastle  and  Clonerany,  Co.  Wex- 
ford, they  removed,  about  1706-07,  to  Ballytore,  Co.  Kildare. 
From  here  they  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  taking  passage  at  Dub- 
lin on  the  Sizargh,  and  reached  New  Castle,  on  Delaware,  9 
Mo.  II,  1725.  They  proceeded  at  once  from  New  Castle  to  the 
home  of  a  son-in-law,  Jeremiah  Starr,  who  had  married  a  daugh- 
ter, Rebecca  Jackson,  at  Ballytore,  11  Mo.  10,  1716,  and  had 
settled  in  London  Grove  Twp.,  Chester  Co.  An  e.xtended  record 
of  the  descendants  of  Isaac  Jackson's  ten  children  will  be  found 
in  Halliday  Jackson's  Jackson  Family  and  in  History  of  Ches- 
ter County,  p.  610. 

SiSMORE  Wright  and  wife,  received  9  Mo.  10,  1725,  from 
Ballycane  Monthly  Meeting,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland. 
Children  of  Sismore  and  Margaret  Wright,  born  in  Ireland,  as 
follows:  Isaac,  12  Mo.  4,  1718  ;  Thomas,  5  Mo.  11,  1719  (d.  3 
Mo.  29,  1802,  in  Berks  County);  Margaret,  10  Mo.  18,  1720; 
Ann,  4  Mo.  21,  1723.  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  2  Mo.  26, 
1735,  signed  a  certificate  for  this  family  to  North  Wales  (Gwynedd) 
Monthly  Meeting,  and  they  settled  within  the  limits  of  Exeter 
Meeting,  in  Berks  County. 

One  Mark  Wright,  son  of  Rowland  Wright,  of  "Sheep 
Pastor,  (nere)  Gisborough,"  Yorkshire,  England,  and  wife, 
"  Ayles,"  was  born  2  Mo.  25,  1619,  at  "Sheep  Pastor."  About 
1647,  "  he  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Carlyle,  "  of  New- 
ton (nere  Whittby),"  England.  Came  to  Ireland  6  Mo.,  1654. 
Children  :  Jane,  b.  9  Mo.  1651,  at  Numebeck,  Yorkshire  ;  Ayles, 
b.  4  Mo.  1653,  at  same  place  ;  John,  b.  3  Mo.  1656,  at  Lygatory, 
Parish  of  Shankill,  Co.  Armagh  ;  Ann,  b.  there  8  Mo.,  1658; 
Mark,  b.  there  4  Mo.,  1660;  Jane,  b.  there  1662. — Lurgan 
Records. 

Jonathan  Garnett  and  wife  Mary,  received  10  Mo.  30, 
1727,  from  Grange  Monthly  Meeting,  near  Charlemont, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Valentine,  received  2  Mo.  27,  1728,  from  Carlow 
Monthly  Meeting,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Valentine,  of  Ballybrumhill,  County  Carlow,  Ireland, 
son  of  George  Valentine,'  of  same  place,  was  married,  9  Mo.  22, 
171 5,   at   Kilconner,  to   Mary   Parke,  of   Ballylean,  daughter   of 

'  In  1677,  in  County  Wexford,  George  Valentine  had  his  goods  seized  for 
\i'Cats.—Slockdate,  89. 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  3  5 1 

Thomas  and  Rebecca  Paike,  of  same  place  {Records  of  Carlow 
Monthly  Meeting).  They  made  their  first  settlement  after  their 
arrival  in  this  country  in  New  Garden  Township,  Chester  County, 
where  in  i729and  1730  Thomas  was  assessed.  A  little  later  they 
removed  to  New  Providence  now  Montgomery  County,  where  he 
died  about  1747,  leaving  children,  Robert,  John,  Thomas,  Jona- 
than, and  perhaps  others. 

Robert  Valentine,'  son  of  Thomas,  b.  7  Mo.  21,  17 17,  at  Bally- 
brumhill  ;  d.  East  Cain,  7  Mo.  21,  1786;  m.  4  Mo.  4,  1747,  at 
Cain  Meeting,  Rachel,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Edge.  She 
was  b.  6  Mo.  29,  1725  ;  d.  i  Mo.  31,  1779.  They  were  both 
buried  in  Friends'  ground  at  Uwchlan,  Chester  County.  Children 
were  :  Thomas,  Mary,  Robert  2  (m.  Ann  Bond),  Rachel  (m.  Joseph 
Malin),  Jane,  Sarah,  Phebe  (m.  Abraham  Sharpless),  George  (m. 
Phebe  Ashbridge),  John,  .Susanna  (m.  George  Massey).  Robert 
Valentine  became  an  eminent  minister  of  Friends  and  travelled 
extensively  in  that  service,  including  a  visit  to  Great  Britain  at  the 
close  of  the  Revolution. 

Thomas  Valentine,  son  of  Thomas,  m.  Nov.  23,  1750,  his 
cousin  Rebecca  Robinson  and  d.  1762,  in  Charlestown  Township, 
Chester  County,  leaving  children,  Thomas,  William,  Mary, 
Rachel,  and  John. 

Jonathan  Valentine,  son  of  Thomas,  b.  about  1730  ;  m.  in 
1755  or  1756,  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  (Pusey)  Bald- 
win. They  settled  in  East  Cain,  where  Jonathan  died  about 
1811.  Children:  Absalom,  Jehu,  John,  Jonathan,  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  Lydia  (m.  Jesse  Evans)  and  Thomas.^ 

Francis   Parvin,   received    6    Mo.   31,    1728,    from  Moate 
Monthly  Meeting,  County  West  Meath. 

Francis  Parvin*  (whose  ancestors  according  to  tradition  re- 
moved from  Yorkshire  to  Ireland)  of  Ballykilroe,  County  West 
Meath,  was  married,  12  Mo.  (Feb.)  16,  1723-4,  at  Edenderry 
Meeting,  King's  County,  to  Deborah  Pearson,  of  Drighen,  County 
Kildare.5  About  1728  they  came  to  Pennsylvania,  the  wife  dying 
shortly  after  the  arrival.  He  settled  for  a  short  time  in  New 
Garden,  and  then  about  1732  removed  to  Chester.     On  3  Mo.  2, 

'Some  of  this  branch  of  the  family  removed  to  Bellefonte,  Centre  Co., 
Pa.,  and  were  largely  interested  in  iron  manufacture. 

2  For  a  full  record  see  SmeJley  Genealogy. 

'^History  of  Chester  County,  7S0-51. 

*  Francis  Parvin  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  also  represented  Berks 
County  in  the  Provincial  Assembly. 

5  Marriage  certificate  in  possession  of  a  descendant,  Jeremiah  Starr 
Parvin,  Leesport,  Berks  County,  Pa. 


352         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

1734,  he  was  married  at  New  Garden,  to  Eleanor,  daughter  of 
^Iichael  Lightfoot,  of  New  Garden,  and  removed  about  this  time 
to  Maiden  Creek,  Berks  County,  where  he  died  7  Mo.  6,  1767, 
and  his  wife  Eleanor,  12  Mo.  17,  1775. 

In  his  will  dated  6  Mo.  20,  1767  (probated  Sept.  3,  1767),  he 
provides  for  his  wife  Eleanor  ;  leaves  to  his  son  Francis  a  tract  of 
120  acres  of  land,  including  "  my  dwelling  house  with  Tanyard"; 
to  son  Thomas  Parvin,  143  acres  in  Maiden  Creek  ;  to  sons 
Benjamin  and  John  143  acres  each,  in  Maiden  Creek  ;  to  son 
William  "My  Grist  &  saw  mill"  and  about  136  acres  in  same 
township  ;  remainder  to  be  equally  divided  among  son  Pearson 
Parvin  and  daughters  Mary  Pearson,  Ann  Wright,  and  Eleanor 
Parvin. 

Children  of  Francis  Parvin  :  ' 

I.  Thomas  Parvin,  m.  4  Mo.  17,  1754,  at  Goshen  Meeting, 
Chester  County,  Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac  Starr,  of  Goshen. 

II.  Francis  Parvin,  Jr.,  son  of  Francis,  by  his  first  wife 
Deborah,  m.  5  iMo.  16,  1759,  at  Maiden  Creek  Meeting,  Berks 
County,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Lightfoot,  of  Maiden 
Creek.     She  died  7  Mo.   1775,    and    he   m.   secondly,   Susanna 

(d.  10  Mo.  23,  1808).     He  made  a  visit  to  Ireland,  1752- 

1754.     Children  by   first   wife:     Deborah,   b.   4   Mo.   23,    1760 
Mary,  b.  7  Mo.  II,   1762  ;  Hannah,  b.  9  Mo.  10,  1764,  d.  3  Mo 
I,  1769  ;  Sarah,  b.  10  Mo.  4,  1766  ;   Francis,  b.  2  Mo.  27,  1769 
Hannah,  b.  10  Mo.  21,  1771,  d.   8  Mo.    18,    1790;    Jacob,  b.  7 
Mo.  10,  1775,  d.    12   Mo.    14,  1813.     Children  by  second  wife 
Thomas,   b.  10  Mo.  10,  1782,   d.  6  Mo.  30,    1799;    Susanna,  b 
I   Mo.  29,    1785  ;    d.  3  Mo.    I,  1870;    Elizabeth,   b.    10  Mo.  9, 
1786;  d.  12  Mo.  26,  1787;    Elizabeth,  b.  12  Mo.  8,  1788;  d.  10 
Mo.  3,  1 86 1. 

III.  Pearson  Parvin,  b.   12  Mo.  3,  1734-5. 

IV.  Mary  Parvin,  b.  3  Mo.  19,  1736;  m.  Benjamin  Pearson, 
1752. 

V.  John  Parvin,  b.  2  Mo.  8,  1738  ;  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Law- 
rence and  Edith  Pearson,  5  Mo.  4,  1768,  at  Maiden  Creek  Meeting. 

VI.  William  Parvin,  of  Maiden  Creek,  m.  7  Mo.  17,  1765,  at 
Maiden  Creek  Meeting,  Mary,  daughter  of  ^Ierrick  and  Phebe 
Starr. 

VII.  Ann  Parvin,  b.  9  Mo.  3,  1742  ;  m.  Benjamin  Wright,  1766. 

VIII.  Eleanor  Parvin,  b.  8  Mo.  2,  1746  ;  m.  Isaac  Wright,  1768. 

— Records  of  Exftcr  Monthly  Meeting. 

Thomas  Parvin,  unmarried,  received  6  Mo.  13,  1728,  from 
Moate  Monthly  Meeting,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 

'  In  1680,  in  Cciunly  West  Mcath,  one  "  Francis  Pervin  of  ISollykilroe  in 
the  Uaroiiy  of  Clonlonnon,"  had  four  lambs,  valued  at  8  s.,  seized  for  tithes. 
—Slociiiale,  1 53. 


New  Garden  Monthly  li feeling  353 

Lawrenxe  Richardson,  unmarried,  received  6  Mo.  31,  1728, 
from  Grange  Meeting,  Ireland. 

Hattill  Var.man  and  wife  Abigail,  from  Cooladine  Meeting, 
County  Wexford,  dated  2  Mo.  28,  1728,  received  3  Mo. 
31,  1729. 

In  1672,  one  "  Henry  Vernam,  for  20  s.  demanded  of  him  for 
Tithes,  was  prosecuted  in  the  Ecclesiastical  Court,  and  committed 
to  Wexford  Goal,  at  the  Suit  of  Miles  Swinney,  Priest  of  Encyscorf, 
was  kept  prisoner  there  about  a  year  and  nine  months,  till  the 
6th  of  October  1673,  and  then  released  by  the  Bishop  of  Loughlin 
and  Femes,  but  before  his  discharge  the  Priest  had  sent  his  Ser- 
vants with  Cart  and  Horses,  who  took  away  more  than  half  the 
Man's  Corn  to  the\'alue  of  5  1." — Besse's  Suffering  of  1  he  Quak- 
ers, II.,  480;  Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  10. 

In  1685,  Henry  and  Edward  Varman,  of  Parish  of  Castle  Ellis, 
County  Wexford,  by  their  attorney,  John  Fuller,  of  West  Jersey, 
conveyed  to  John  Hugg,  of  West  Jersey,  a  tract  of  land  in  the 
Irish  Tenth  of  West  Jersey,  that  had  been  granted  to  Henry  Var- 
man, April  9,  1682,  by  Joseph  Sleight,  of  Dublin.' 

Hattill  Varman,  2  b.  1670,  in  County  Wexford,  Ireland;  d.  12 
Mo.  27,  1747  ;  buried  at  Leacock  ;  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1728, 
and  settled  in  Leacock  Township,  Lancaster  County.  His  wife, 
Abigail,  d.  3  JMo.  14,  1760.  Children:  Mary,  m.  10  Mo.  7,  1733, 
at  Leacock,  John  Beeson,  of  Leacock,  son  of  Richard  ;  WiUiam  ; 
Grace,  m.  ist  11  Mo.  5,  1742,  at  Leacock,  to  Joseph  Edgerton, 
of  Newton,  Gloucester  Co.,  N.  J.  (child  Abigail)  ;  2d  Joseph 
Steer;  Eleanor,  m.  3  Mo.  5.  1747,  at  Leacock,  Moses  Brinton, 
son  of  Joseph  ;  Sarah,  m.  1st  John  Low,  and  2d  7  Mo.  11,  1751, 
at  Lampeter,  John  Parks,  son  of  Richard,  of  Goshen. 

Thomas  McClun,  and  wife  Elizabeth,  from  Moate  Monthly 
Meeting,  County  West  Meath,  dated  3  Mo.  11,  1729,  re- 
ceived 6  Mo.  30,  1729. 

Thomas  Clung  and  Elizabeth  Hainan,  both  of  Rathfryland 
Meeting,  were  married,  6  Mo.  19,  1714,  at  the  house  of  Robert 
Wilson.      {Minutes  of  Ulster  Province  Meeting.) 

At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  5  Mo.  29,  1729,  Thomas 
McClun  and  family  is  reported  as  being  settled  ^\^thin  the  limits  of 
Concord  Monthly  Meeting,  to  which  a  certificate  was  signed  i  Mo. 
28,  1730. 

1  D,  p.  246,  Clement  Papers,  Hist.  Soc.  of  Penna. 
^Priend^  Miscellany,  IV.,  25. 

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354        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

John  Stef.r,  received  6  Mo.  30,  1729,  dated  2  Mo.  11,  1728, 
from  liallinderry  Meeting,  County  .Antrim,  Ireland. 

Samuel  Morton,  received  6  Mo.  30,  1729,  dated  7  Mo.  i, 

1728,  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 
Samuel  Morton  (d.  3  Mo.  20,  1766),  son  of  William  and  Elinor, 

was  born  in  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  Ireland  ;  m.  2 
.Mo.  6,  1728,  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Eliza  (d.  6  Mo.  12,  1763), 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Blackburn,  a  native  of  County  Ar- 
magh. Children  :  Margaret,  b.  10  Mo.  1,  1728,  at  sea  ;  m.  John 
Hadley  ;  John,  b.  4  Mo.  28,  1729,  d.  9  Mo.,  1741,  buried  at  Lon- 
don Grove;  Samuel,  b.  7  Mo.  27,  1732;  William  b.  i  Mo.  9, 
1734-35  ;  Mary,  b.  9  Mo.  9,  1737;  Thomas,  b.  7  Mo.  6,  1740. — 
Records  of  New  Garden  Monthly  Meethii^. 

William  McNabb,  wife  Dorothy  and  daughters,  Elizabeth 
and  Jane,  received  6  Mo.  30,  1729,  dated  i  Mo.  5,  1729, 
from  Old  Castle  Monthly  Meeting,  County  Meath,  Ireland. 

William  McNabb  settled  in  East  Lampeter  Township,  I^ncas- 
ter  Countv,  where  he  owned  a  farm  of  2ooacres.  His  son,  John 
McNabb,  in  1749,  gave  two  acres  of  land  to  Friends'  Meeting  at 
Bird-in-Hand. 

Joseph  Evans,  wife  Mary,  and  son  Joseph,  received  8  Mo.  25, 

1729,  from  Moate  Monthly  Meeting,  County  W'est  Meath, 
Ireland. 

Neal  O'Money,  wife  Ann,  received  8  Mo.  23,  1729,  from 
Ballynacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

Neal  Mooney,  of  East  Marlborough,  Chester  County,  made  his 
will  9  Mo.  9,  175  t,  and  it  was  probated  Nov.  26,  1751.  Mentions 
wife  Ann,  children  Samuel,  Joseph,  James,  and  son-in-law,  Henry 
Neal. 

Samuel  Shaw,  received  8  Mo.  25,  1729,  from  Lisburn  Meet- 
ing, County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

In  1679,  Martha  Shaw,  widow,  and  James  Shaw,  both  of  the 
Parish  of  Loughgall,  County  Armagh,  had  some  of  their  effects 
taken  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  125. 

James  Taylor,  and  wife,  received  10  Mo.  27,  1729,  from 
Ballynacree  Monthly  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

James  O'Money,  received  8  Mo.  25,  1729,  from  Ballynacree 
Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 


New  Garden  Motithly  Meeting  355 

Samuel  Evans  and  wife,  from  Moate  Meeting,  County  West 
Meath,  Ireland,  received  10  Mo.  27,  1729. 

Jacob  Kirk,  from  meeting  near  Ballinderry,  County  Antrim, 
Ireland,  received  11  Mo.  31,  1729. 

Thomas  Milhous,  and  wife  Sarah,  from  Dublin,  Ireland, 
dated  5  Mo.  29,  1729,  received  12  Mo.  28,  1729. 
Thomas  Milhous'  m.  Sarah,  daughter  James  and  Catharine 
(Lightfoot)  Miller,  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1729, 
settling  first  within  the  limits  of  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting, 
and  about  the  year  1744  removing  to  Pikeland  Township,  Ches- 
ter County.  Their  children  were  :  John,  b.  i  Mo.  8,  1722-3,  at 
Timahoe,  Ireland;  James,  b.  7  Mo.  21,  1727;  Thomas,  b.  2 
Mo.  27,  1731  ;  Robert,  b.  11  Mo.  26,  1733  ;  Sarah,  b.  4  Mo.  3, 
1736,  m.  Thompson  Parker  ;  William,  b.  6  Mo.  12,  1738  {Hist, 
of  Chester  Ccnnity,  658). 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  12  Mo.  i,  1695,  one  John  Mill- 
house  and  Sarah  Miller  declared  their  intentions  of  marriage. 
3  Mo.  25,  1695,  Richard  Millhouse  and  Sarah  Clark  declared 
their  intentions  of  marriage. 

John  Griffith,''  and  son  Christopher  (unmarried),  from 
Grange  near  Charlemont,  received  12  Mo.  28,  1729,  dated 
2  Mo.  18,  1729.  Christopher  Griffith,  of  Sadsbury  Meet- 
ing, produced  an  acknowledgement,  9  Mo.  30,  1734,  for 
marriage  out  of  the  Society. 
Thomas  Griffith,  who  may  have  been  a  son  of  John  Griffith, 

was  married  out  of  the  Society  about  1742,  to  Eve .     He 

removed  to  Menallen  Twp.,  now  Adams  County,  and  died  in  the 
spring  of  1769  ;  was  buried  in  Friends'  burial  ground  at  Old 
Menallen,  where  his  gravestone  bearing  the  inscription  "  T.  G. 
1769"  may  still  be  seen.  Children:  Mary,  b.  about  17JI, 
Rebecca,  b.  about  1755;  Eve;  Thomas;  Ann;  Jesse;  Wm., 
eldest  son  ;  Elizabeth  m.  Thomas  Blackburn  ;  John,  Susanna. 
(Records  of  Orphans'  Court  of  York  County,  Docket  B,  223,  224.) 

Ann  Marshall,  widow  of  New  Garden,  "late  from  Ire- 
land," made  her  will  9  Mo.  30,  1729,  and  it  was  probated 
Feb.  10,  1729-30. 

'Thomas  Milhouse  and  Mary  Hoope,  of  Lurgan,  were  married  at  Lur- 
gan  Meeting,  Nov.  2,  1720. 

'Thomas  Griffith  and  Elizabeth  Ford,  both  of  Grange  Meeting  near 
Charlemont,  were  married  at  Grange,  9  Mo.  16,  1715  [Minutes  Ulstet 
Province  Meeting). 


356         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

She  mentions  her  sons  John  and  William  Marshall,  her  friends 
William  Halliday  and  lienjamin  Fred,  of  New  Garden,  and 
desires  to  be  buried  in  the  Friends'  ground  at  New  Garden.  Wit- 
nesses were  lohn  Griffith,  Sismore  Wright,  and  William  Read. 
The  names  of  her  father,  John  Griffith,  and  her  brother,  Christo- 
pher Griffith,  appear  in  the  accounts  of  the  estate. 

Jacob  Marshall  and  Ann  Griffith,  both  of  Grange  near  Charle- 
mont,  were  married  at  Grange  Meeting,  9  Mo.  19,  1718. — Min- 
utes of  Lister  Province  Meeting. 

Margaret  Marshall,  wife  of  Jacob,  of  Grange  near  Charlemont, 
d.  I  Mo.  23,  1739.     Jacob  d.  5  Mo.  i,  1743. 

John  Marshill,  son  of  Jacob  Marshill,  Jr.,  deceased,  from 
Grange  Meeting,  near  Charlemont,  Ireland.  He  settled  in 
New  Garden  and  was  married  8  Mo.  14,  1742,  at  New 
Garden,  to  Ruth  Hadly,  daughter  of  Joshua  Hadly,  of 
Mill  Creek  Hundred,  New  Castle  County  on  Delaware. 
Among  signers  to  marriage  certificate  were  John  and  Christ- 
opher Griffith,  Jacob  and  Rebecca  Hinshaw,  and  William 
Marshill.  A  certificate  for  him  and  his  wife  to  Concord 
Monthly  Meeting,  signed  by  New  Garden,  3  Mo.  28,  1743. 

Samuel  Stanfield,  and  wife  Jane,  from  Lurgan,  County 
Armagh,  received  i   Mo.  28,  1730,  dated  3  Mo.  7,  1729. 

Samuel  Stanfield  and  Jane  Andrew,  both  of  Lurgan  Meeting, 
were  married  at  Lurgan,  9  Mo.  14,  171 1. — Minutes  of  Ulster 
Province  Meeting. 

James  Miller,  dated  5  Mo.  20,  1729,  from  Dublin,  Ireland, 
received  2  Mo.  25,  1730. 

James  Miller,  possibly  a  brother  of  Gayen  and  John  Miller, 
married  Catharine,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lightfoot,  in  Ireland, 
and  lived  for  some  time  at  Timahoe  Meeting,  County  Kildare. 
They  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  in  the  Sizargh,  of  Whitehaven,  9 
Mo.  10,  1729.  Here  the  wife,  who  was  a  minister  in  the  Society, 
died,  10  Mo.  17,  1729.  James  Miller  then  settled  with  his  chil- 
dren in  New  Garden.  He  was  married  a  second  time  to  Ruth 
Seaton,  of  London  Grove,  2  Mo.  10,  1734,  and  removed  to  Lea- 
cock  Township,  Lancaster  County,  where  he  died  in  the  early 
part  of  1749. 

Children  of  James  and  Catharine  Miller  :  i.  Sarah,  m.  Thomas 
Milhouse,  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  New  Garden  in  1729.  2. 
Elizabeth,  m.  Thomas  Hiett,  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  New  Gar- 
den in  1733.     3    James,  b.  about  1708,  d.  1758;    m.  1st  Rachel 


Neiu  Garden  Mo7ilJily  Meeting  357 

(Fred)  Miller,  widow  of  James  (son  of  Gayen),  1733,  and  had 
children  (Thomas,  Benjamin,  Katharine).  He  m.  2d  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Kirk,  i  Mo.  6,  1 749,  and  had  children  (Rachel, 
Sarah,  Hannah).  4.  Mary,  m.  Isaac  Jackson  (son  of  Thomas), 
4  Mo.  II,  1730,  andhad  seven  children  ;  they  removed  to  Eno, 
North  Carolina,  in  175 1.  5.  Katharine,  b.  i  Mo.  30,  17 13,  at 
Timahoe  County,  Kildare,  Ireland  ;  d.  4  Mo.  2,  1781  ;  m.  Will- 
iam Jackson,  9  Mo.  9,  1733.  6.  Ann,  m.  William  Farquhar,  2 
Mo.  19,  1733.  7.  Hannah,  m.  James  Jackson,  8  Mo.  31,  1745. 
No  issue. — Potts,   Our  Family  Ancestors,  248-9. 

William  Evans,  wife  Hannah,  and  daughter  Rachel,  from 
Ballycane,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland,  received  7  Mo.  26, 
1730,  dated  i  Mo.  22,  1730. 

William  Evans,  was  a  son  of  Rowland  Evans,  of  Balliloing 
County  Wicklow.  William  Evans,  of  Coaladang,  County  Wick- 
low, weaver,  and  Hannah  Eves,  of  Ballemurin,  same  county, 
were  married  i  Mo.  22,  1709.  Among  signers  to  marriage  certi- 
ficate '  were  Mark,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  and  John  Eves,  Robert, 
John,  and  Dorothy  Penrose,  and  Rowland,  James,  Thomas,  Ann, 
Margaret,  and  Elizabeth  Evans.  They  settled  on  a  tract  of  1,000 
acres  at  Lampeter,  about  five  miles  from  Lancaster,  Lancaster 
County.     Children  were  :  John,  died  unmarried,  in  1782  or  1783; 

William,   m.   Catharine ;   Hannah,   m.   James  Webb,    10 

Mo.,  15,  1742,  and  died  1762,  leaving  children;  and  Isaac,  m. 
1st,  Alice  Pennock,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary,  of  West  Marl- 
borough, 5  Mo.  5,  1756,  by  whom  he  had  one  child  that  died  in 
infancy,  and  m.  2d,  2  Mo.,  1760,  to  Anne,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Mary  (Jackson)  Windle. — Jackson  Genealogy,  69,  187. 

Alice  Gibson,  from  Ireland,  received  6  Mo.  30,  1729. 

Katharine  Whitaker,  from  Dublin,  Ireland,  received  2 
Mo.  25,  1730. 

Robert  and  John  Mickle  [brothers] ,  from  Dublin,  Ireland, 
dated  4  Mo.  2,  1730,  received  7  Mo.  26,  1730. 
Robert  Mickle,  m.  10  Mo.  19,  1733,  at  London  Grove  Meeting, 
Chester  County,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane  Beverly,  of 

Marlborough.     Children  :  Ann,  b  8.  Mo.  7,  1734,  m.  Mc- 

Farlan  ;  John,  b.  8  Mo.  12,  1736;  Sarah,  b.  3  Mo.  12,  1739; 
Jane,  b.  9  Mo.  9,  1741. 

John  Mickle,  brother  of  Robert,  m.,  "by  a  priest,"  about  1736, 

to  Jane .     They  removed  to  Menallen  Township,   Adams 

County,  about  1747.     Children  :  Sarah,  b.    10  Mo.  29,  1737,   m. 

'  In  1894  the  original  certificate  was  in  possession  of  Hannah  W.  Lovell, 
of  Philadelphia. 


358         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

about  1760,  to  John  Mickle,  her  first  cousin,  for  which  she  was 
disowned;  Elijah,  b.  2  Mo.  8,  1740  (at  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg., 
II  Mo.  18,  1758,  Menallen  Meeting  reported  that  Ehjah  Mickle 
and  John  Shepperd  "  hath  both  left  the  parts  unknown  to  their  par- 
ents ");  Mary,  b.  10  Mo.  4,  1741,  m.  "  out,"  about  1761,  to 

Sheppard  ;   Hannah,  b.  10  Mo.    14,    1745,  m.  "  out,"  about  1765, 

to Rail  ;  Jane,  b.  i  Mo.  16,  1747-48  ;  John,  b.  12  Mo.  4,  1753, 

m.,  6  Mo.  17,  1772,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Griffith;  Samuel,  b.  2  Mo.  26,  1756,  m.  about  1778, 
Eve,  d.  of  Thomas  Griffiith,  and  d.  March  26,   1819. 

At  Warrington  Mo.  Meeting,  4  Mo.  10,  1762,  John  Mickle,  ot 
Menallen  Meeting,  it  is  apprehended,  has  connived  at  his  daugh- 
ter's keeping  company  in  order  for  marriage  with  one  not  of  our 
Society.  6  Mo.  12,  1762,  Jane  Mickle  charged  with  the  same 
offence.  10  Mo.  9,  1762,  she  acknowledges  that  "  she  Carelessly 
went  away  from  my  own  house  until!  my  daughter  Mary  took  the 
opportunity  to  go  away  with  a  man  not  in  unity  with  friends,  in 
order  to  accomplish  her  marriage  by  a  priest  ;  I  being  warned  to 
the  Contrary  I  do  now  look  upon  my  self  to  have  been  remiss 
in  my  duty." 

2  Mo.  12,  1763,  John  Mikle  reported  somewhat  condescend- 
ing. 6  Mo.  II,  1763,  he  acknowledges  that  "I  inadvertently 
went  abroad  at  the  time  my  Daughter  Mary  ran  away  to  be  mar- 
ried, notwithstanding  I  was  Cautioned  to  take  Care  of  her,  &  that 
she  was  to  run  away  that  night  ;  for  which  I  am  heartily  sorry." 

3  Mo.  II,  1769,  John  Mickle,  Sr. ,  was  complained  of  by  Menal- 
len,  "  for  joining  with   others  in   dancing  so  far  as  to  be  present 

6  se  it  &  imitate  it  himself  &  also  that  he  has  for  a  consider- 
able time  neglected  attending  our  Religious  meetings,"  disowned 

7  Mo.  8,  1769  — Warringfon  Mo.  Mtg.  Records. 

In    1678,    Robert  Mickle,    of  the  Parish  of  Magherlin,  County 
Down,  for  tithes,  had  hay,  barley,  wheat  and  oats  taken  to  the 
value  of  £1.  6s.  6d. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  97. 
John  Murray,  and  wife  Ann,  from  Lurgan,  County  Armagh, 

Ireland,  dated  2  Mo.  16,  1729,  received  8  Mo.  31,  1730. 
Joseph    Dixon,   unmarried,  from    Lurgan,  County  Armagh, 

received  8  Mo.  31,  1730. 

Joseph   Di.xson,  of   London  Grove  Township,  Chester  County, 
and  Sarah,  daughter  of  Evan  Powell,  of  New  Garden  Township, 
were  married,  10  Mo.  13,  1733,  at  New  Garden. 
Solomon  Shepherd,'  unmarried,  from  Grange  Meeting  near 

Charlemont,  Ireland,   dated   8  mo.    i,    1729,  received   ii 

Mo.  30,  1730-1. 

'  In  1 681,  one  John  Sheppard,  of  Parish  Killaman,  County  Tyrone,  had 
his  goods  seized  for  tithes  (^Stockdale,  178). 


New  Gardefi  Monthly  Meeting  359 

"  Att  a  mens  meeting  held  [at  Grange]  y»  22  aforesaid  [5  Mo. 
1729]  Solomon  Shepard  y""  younger  having  transported  himself 
to  America  as  an  Aprentice  with  Jacob  Marshill  &  Desired  of  us 
a  Certificate,"  etc.  He  settled  for  a  time  in  New  Garden  and 
was  married,  9  Mo.  15,  1733,  at  New  Garden  Meeting,  to  Jane 
Wilson,  of  New  Garden. 

They  removed  to  Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  Covmty, 
and  in  1748,  Solomon  became  a  recommended  minister  of  War- 
rington Monthly  Meeting.  He  died  about  1749,  his  will  being 
dated  July,  1748,  and  probated  March  29,  1749.  He  mentions  his 
wife  Jane  and  children,  John,  Sarah,  Solomon,  and  Elizabeth. 
Jane  Shepherd  served  for  several  years  as  overseer  of  Menallen 
Meeting.  In  1767  she  and  her  daughter  Elizabeth  received  a 
certificate  to  remove  within  the  limits  of  New  Garden  Monthly 
Meeting,  North  Carolina. 

Solomon  Shepherd,  Jr.,  of  Menallen  Township,  son  of  Solomon 
and  Jane,  m.  10  Mo.  19,  1763.  at  Menallen  Meeting,  to  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  Blackburn. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Jane  Shepherd,  m.  12  Mo. 
20,  1758,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  William,  son  of  John  Braselton, 
of  Frederick  County,  Md. 

Jonas   Chamberlin,   unmarried,    from   Edenderry   Meeting, 

King's  County,  Ireland,  dated   11   Mo.   5,  1731,   received 

I  Mo.  31,  1733. 

In  1660,  Anne,  wife  of  Jonas  Chamberlin,  was  imprisoned  in 
We.xford  for  two  weeks. — Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Brief  Relation, 
17- 

In  1 67 1,  in  County  Wexford,  Jonas  Chamberlain,  was  taken  a 
prisoner  "upon  a  definite  Sentence"  for  7s.  small  tithes,  and 
kept  in  prison  for  nine  months.  In  the  meantime  the  "  Priest" 
went  with  four  men  and  abused  his  servants,  and  took  away  two 
lambs  worth  5s. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  9. 

Jonas  Chamberlain,  the  emigrant,  settled  in  Sadsbury,  Lancas- 
ter County.  He  m.  8  Mo.  9,  1734,  Jane,  daughter  of  Alexander 
Bane,  of  Goshen.  He  died  9  Mo.  8,  1771,  and  his  widow,  3  Mo. 
4,  1777.  Children  :  Joshua,  Hannah,  Jane,  Mary,  Hannah, 
Jonas,  Joseph,  William,   and  Jane.     Of  these,  Joshua  m.  1 1  Mo. 

John  McRannell  and  Elizabeth  Sheppherd  both  of  Grange  Meeting,  near 
Charlemont,  were  married  6  Mo.  18,  1714,  at  Grange. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Solomon  Sheppard,  "of  Bellis,"  Parish  of 
Donagh,  County  Monaghan,  was  married,  10  Mo.  (Dec.)  14,  1733,  in 
Meeting  House  at  Castleshane,  County  Monaghan,  to  William  \Vhitten,  of 
Drummon,  Parish  of  Mullabrack,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. — Friends' 
Records  of  Ulster  Province. 


360        Immigration  of  tfu  Irish  Q:uzkgrs 

2S,  1756,  Mary  Powel  and  Jonas  married,  12  Mo.  3,  1766, 
Eiiiabeth  Powei,  both  daughters  of  Joseph  Powel,  of  Sadsburj-, 
Chester  County. — Hisicry  of  Chester  County,  496. 

Thomas  Hiett,  and  wife  Elizabeth,  received  8  Mo.  27, 1733, 
dated  4  Mo.  10,  1733.  from  Moate  Meeting,  County  West 
Meath,  Ireland.  Children  bom  in  Ireland  as  foUow-s : 
Katharine,  b.  2  Mo.  26,  172S,  married  2  Mo.  13,  1749.  at 
New  Garden  Meeting,  to  Thomas  Hutton,  of  New  Garden, 
son  of  Joseph,  deceased;  Ann,  b.  i  Mo.  i,  1729,  married 
II  Mo.  S,  1753,  at  New  Garden,  Joseph  Hutton,  of  New 
Garden,  brother  of  Thomas.  Thomas  Hiett  died  in  1751, 
and  7  Mo.  i,  1756,  his  widow,  Elizabeth  Hiett,  married 
Jeremiah  Starr,  Jr.,  son  of  Jeremiah,  of  London  Grove. 

AucE  Gibson,  received  11  Mo.  26,  1733,  from  Dublin,  Ire- 
land. 

As"X  Enxs,  received  9  Mo.  24,  1733,  from  Moate  Monthly- 
Meeting,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 

RtTH  Se.\tox,  received  9  Mo.   24,  1733,  from  Ballinderry 

Meeting,  Ireland. 

Alexander  Seaton,  an  eminent  minister  of  Friends  in  Ireland, 
son  of  John  Seaton,  of  the  Seatons  of  Meldrum,  was  bom  about 
1652,  at  Cuttle-Craggs,  near  Lethinty,  Parish  of  Daviot,  Aber- 
deenshire, Scotland,  and  brought  up  a  scholar,  studying  for  some 
time  in  the  college  in  the  old  town  of  .A.berdeen.  Here  in  1675, 
he  became  conWnced  of  the  Quaker  principles.  From  Glasgow, 
in  1699,  he  removed  to  Ireland,  making  his  residence  at  Hills- 
borough, County  Down.  He  died  i  Mo.  1723. — Rutty,  Lead- 
beater,  Piety  Promoted. 

James  Smith,  and  wife  Jane,  received  9  Mo.  24,  1733,  dated 
4  Mo.  S,  1732,  from  Ballyhagen,  Armagh  County,  Ireland. 

Samuel  Hill,  and  wife  Ann,  received  8  Mo.  25,  1735,  dated 
2  Mo.  29,  1735,  from  Limerick  Meeting,  Ireland. 

JoHX  WiLSox,  received  8  Mo.  25,  1735,   dated  3  Mo.  25, 

1735,  from  Limerick,  Ireland. 

Robert  Smith,  and  wife  Jane,  received  6  Mo.  28,  1736, 
dated  4  Mo.  18,  1732,  from  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh. 

JOHX  Blackbltix,  wife  and   children,  received   8  Mo.   30, 

1736,  dated  4  Mo.   2,    1736,   from  Ballyhagen   Meeting, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland. 


Xev-i  Garden  Montlily  Meetitig  361 

John  Blackburn  '  and  family  settled  within  the  limits  of  War- 
rington Monthly  Meeting,  York  County.  He  was  appointed  over- 
seer of  Warrington  Meeting,  4.  Mo.  18,  174S,  and  was  released  i 
Mo.  17,  1756.  He  died  prior  to  7  Mo.  5,  175S.  Children  were 
Joseph,  Rachel,  and  probably  John,  Anthony,  and  Thomas. 

John    Blackburn,   Jr.,   m.   Rebecca .     They  resided  in 

Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  Count)-,  where  he  died  S  Mo. 
24,  1767,  and  she,  3  Mo.  30,  1766.  Their  children  :  Margaret, 
b.  10  Mo.  16,  1740,  m.  Solomon  Shepherd  in  1763  ;  Rachel,  b. 
9  Mo.  I,  1742,  m.  II  Mo.  II,  1767,  Nathan  McGrew,  son  James 
and  Mar\- ;  Thomas,  b.  8  Mo.  19,  1744,  m.  10  Mo.  11,  1768, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eve  Griffith  ;  Moses,  b.  9  Mo. 
16,  1746,  m.  II  Mo.  1 8,  1767,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mar\-  McGrew  ;  Anthony,  b.  6  Mo.  1 7, 
1749,  m.  5  Mo.  16,  1770,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eve 
Griffith;  Mary,  b.  6  Mo.  19,  1751  ;  John,  b.  6  Mo.  21,  1753  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  10  Mo.  2,  1755  ;  Joseph,  b.  11  Mo.  7,  1757  ;  Re- 
becca, b.  12  Mo.  12,  1760;  Samuel,  b.  5  Mo.  17,  1762,  Abigail 
b.  5  Mo.  9,  1764  ;  Eleanor,  b.  3  Mo.  30,  1766. 

Anthony  Blackburn,  of  Menallen  Meeting,  supposed  to  be  a  son 
of  John,  was  complained  of  5  Mo.  16,  1752,  at  Warrington  Mo. 
Mtg.,  for  marriage  by  a  "  priest." 

Joseph  Blackburn,  of  Menallen,  son  of  John,  deceased,  m.  7 
Mo.  5,  175S,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  Deborah  McGrew,  of  Menal- 
len. Their  children  were  :  Mary,  b.  4  Mo.  30,  1759  ;  John,  b. 
I  Mo.  S,  1762  ;  James,  b.  10  Mo.  16,  1763  ;  Thomas,  b.  11  Mo. 
10,  1765;  Anthony,  b.  6  Mo.  12,  1767;  Joseph,  b.  2  Mo.  11, 
1769. 

Rachel  Blackburn,  of  Menallen,  daughter  of  John,  m.  8  Mo. 
29,  1759,  at  Menallen,  Andrew  Dennen. 

Walter  Ha\T)OCK,  tinmarried,  received  12  Mo.  25,  1737-S, 

dated  2  Mo.  21,  1737,  from  meeting  at  Lisbum,  County 

Antrim,  Ireland. 

He  resided  for  a  time  within  the  limits  of  London  Grove  Meet- 
ing ;  then  on  7  Mo.  29,  1 739,  he  received  a  certificate  to  North 
Wales  (Gwynedd)  Monthly  Meeting,  and  settled  in  Richland  Town- 
ship, Bucks  Count}-. 

Walter  Haddock,  of  Richland,  Bucks  County-,  yeoman,  made 
his  will  Jan.  17,  1787  (proved  March   13,  1787).     Appoints  Wil- 

'  One  John  Blackburn  and  Mary  Winter,  both  of  Ballyhagen  Mtg. ,  were 
married  S  Mo.  2,  1701,  at  Ballyhagen.  In  County  Armagh,  in  1667, 
"  John  Blackburn,  being  sued  for  Tythe  to  the  value  of  2s.  id.  2q.  in  the 
Mannor  Court  of  LiyughaU  by  Humphrey  Ptttard,  Priest,  the  said  John 
produced  the  Statute  against  all  proceedings  in  Temporal  Courts  for  Tidie ; 
notwithstanding  the  Jury  said"  etc.,  Blackburn's  horse,  worth  ^z,  taken 
for  Uthe  of  25.  id.  2q. — Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Britf  Rz'.atwn,  26. 


362         Immigratioti  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Ham  Penrose  executor.  Mentions  brother  John  and  sisters  Sarah 
and  Mary  Haddock,  of  County  Antrim,  Ireland  ;  also  mentions 
Richard  Fossett,  of  Fairfax  County,  Va.,  and  Jonathan,  William 
and  John  Penrose,  of  Richland. — Bucks  County  Wills. 

Henry  Haydock,  of  Stengmore,'  Parish  Clonfeakle,  County 
Tyrone,  and  Mary  Bullogh,  of  Allneoanoge  (?),  said  Parish,  were 
married  3  Mo.  3,  1734,  at  Meeting  House  near  Charlemont. 
Among  signers  were:  John  Haydock,  James  Henderson,  John 
Whitsite,  John  King,  John  Hinshaw,  Jacob  Hinshaw,  Mary  Hay- 
dock, Elizabeth  IHiUogh,  Sarah  Greer,  Alice  Hinshaw,  Mary 
Gilpin,  Margaret  Hinshaw. 

In  1673,  John  and  William  Haddock,  of  County  Antrim,  and 
in  1681,  John  Haddock,  Sr.,  and  John  Haddock,  Jr,.  of  Ballin- 
derry  Parish,  County  Antrim,  had  their  goods  taken  for  tithes. — 
Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  25-26,  169. 

John  Boyd,  wife  Jane,  and  children,  from  Ballynacree  Meet- 
ing, County  Antrim,  Ireland,  dated  2  Mo.  10,  1736,  re- 
ceived 12  Mo.  26,  1736-7. 

John  Boyd  and  Jane  Bell,  both  of  Lurgan  Meeting,  were  mar- 
ried "in  ye  town  of  Lurgan  ye  20th  —  1707  as  by  ye  certificate 
may  appear." — Minutes  Ulster  Pro-/.  Mtg. 

They  became  members  of  Sadsbury  Meeting,  Lancaster 
County,  and  resided  within  the  limits  thereof  until  about  1765  ; 
then  removed  to  York  County.  At  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  York 
County,  II  Mo.  9,  1765,  a  certificate,  dated  8  Mo.  21,  1765,  from 
Sadsbury  Mo.  Mtg.,  was  received  for  John  Boyd  and  wife.     He 

'  Mrs.  Sarah  Barcroft,  of  Stangmore  Lodge,  near  Dungannoii,  County 
Tyrone,  has  some  ancient  deeds  for  her  property  in  which  the  name  Hay- 
dock appears. 

Jacob  Haydock,  of  Cabragh,  County  Tyrone,  son  of  John  Haydock,  of 
Stangmore,  same  county,  descended  from  the  Haydocks  of  Lancashire,  was 
married,  7  Mo.  29,  1742,  to  Mary  Hinshaw.  They  had  seven  children  : 
John,  Rebecca,  Mary,  Margaret,  Jacob,  Joseph,  and  Henry.  Of  these 
children,  Henry,  born  in  1764,  m.  in  1796  at  Moyallon  Meeting,  Frances 
Hell,  and  lived  at  Corcraney,  near  Lurgan.  Of  Henry's  eight  children 
John,  b.  1S02,  d.  1859,  m.  Ann  Crosley.  Descendants  of  this  branch  have 
come  to  America  in  recent  years. 

'In  1681,  one  John  Uoyd,  of  Parish  of  Killcad,  County  Antrim,  had 
goods  seized  for  tithes. — Utocl'i/alf,  166. 

In  1673,  in  County  Londonderry,  William  Boyd  had  his  goods  seized 
for  tithes. — Il/iJ.,  25. 

Robert  Henry,  of  Colerain,  and  Mary  Boyd,  of  Antrim,  were  married  in 
the  town  of  Antrim  6  Mo.  10,  1709  {.Minnies  Ulster  Pm\  Mtg.) 

Benjamin  Boyd  and  Jane  Clark,  both  of  Grange  Meeting,  m.  5  Mo.  4, 
1710,  at  Grange  {^Ibid. ) 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  363 

made  his  will  (Q  313,  Wills  at  York,  Pa.),  Aug.  8,  1770,  and  it 
was  probated  Oct.  31,  1777.  Mentions  seven  children  as  fol- 
lows ;  I.  William  ;  II.  Samuel  ;  III.  George  ;  IV.  Sarah  Leech  ; 
V.  Ann  Bready  ;  V'l.  Elizabeth  Stedham  ;  VII.  Jane  McMillan  ; 
and  a  grandchild,  Jane  Marsh. 

I.  William  Boyd  became  a  member  of  Sadsbury  Mo.  Mtg., 
Lancaster  County,  and  was  married  9  Mo.  or  10  Mo,  1737,  to 
Hannah  Minshall,  widow.  At  Sadsbury  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  7,  1749, 
he  was  complained  of  "for  marriage  out  by  a  priest,"  and  II 
Mo.  6,  1752,  produced  an  acknowledgment  for  this  breach  of  dis- 
cipline. At  the  same  Mo.  Mtg.,  3  Mo.  4,  1754,  a  certificate  of 
removal  was  signed  for  him  and  his  daughter  to  Warrington  Mo. 
Mtg.,  York  County.  The  certificate  was  received  at  Warrington 
4  Mo.  20,  1754.  At  Warrington,  i  Mo.  8,  1763,  a  certificate  to 
Hopewell  Mo.  Mtg.,  Virginia,  was  signed  for  him  and  his  three 
children. 

II.  Samuel  Boyd  was  reported  to  Sadsbury  Mo.  Mtg.,  5  Mo.  4, 
1743,  as  having  married  out  by  a  "  priest,"  and  was  disowned  8 
Mo.  3,  1743. 

III.  George  Boyd  produced  acertificate,  dated  loMo.  22,  1760, 
from  Sadsbury  to  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.  and  seems  to  have  been 
a  member  of  Newberry  Meeting  York  County.  He  made  his 
will  Sept.  17,  1796,  then  of  Warrington  Township,  and  it  was  pro- 
bated Oct.  22,  1796.  His  executors  were  Thomas  Leech  and 
John  McMillan.  He  mentions  his  wife  Catharine  and  children, 
James,  Ann,  Jane,  and  Rachel.  Of  these  children,  Ann  was  re- 
ceived into  membership  by  Warrington  Mo.  i\Itg,  i.  Mo.  7,  1792. 
She  was  complained  of  5  Mo.  12,  1798,  for  marriage  out  to  one 
Jones  and  sent  an  acknowledgment.  According  to  her  cousin 
James  McMillan's  Bible  record,  Ann  Jones,  daughter  of  George 
and  Catherine  Boyd,  died  Sept.  9,  1830. 

IV.  Sarah  Boyd,  was  married  2  Mo.  17,  1739,  ^t  Sadsbury 
Mtg.  to  Thomas  Leech,  son  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Cox)  Leach. 
They  removed  to  Warrington,  Y'ork  County. 

V.  Jane  Boyd  was  born,  as  her  son  James  states  in  his  Bible, 
in  1728,  died  5  Mo.  12,  17S2,  and  was  buried  in  the  burial 
ground  at  Wanington  Meeting  House.  She  was  complained  of 
7  Mo.  5,  1748,  by  Sadsbury  Mo.  Mtg.  for  marriage  out  to  Joseph 
Green  and  produced  an  acknowledgment,  12  Mo.  3,  1753. 
Jane  Green,  widow  of  Joseph  Green,  of  Sadsbury,  was  married  5 
Mo.  4,  1756,  at  Sadsbury  Meeting,  to  John  McMillan,  of  War- 
rington Township,  York  County,  son  of  Thomas  and  Deborah 
(Marsh)  McMillan.  He  was  born  in  1728,  in  County  Antrim, 
Ireland,  died  9  Mo.  17,  1791,  and  was  buried  beside  his  first 
wife,  Jane. 


364        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

By  her  first  husband,  Joseph  Green,  Jane  Boyd  had  two  chil- 
dren:  (i)  Joseph  and  (2)  John.  These  two  children  were  re- 
ceived into  membership  by  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  8  Mo.  11, 
1764.  (1)  Joseph  Green,  of  Warrington,  son  of  Joseph,  deceased, 
was  married  12  Mo.  16,  1773,  at  Warrington  Mtg.,  to  Lydia  Hol- 
land, daughter  of  Henry  and  Lydia  (Fell)  Holland,  of  same 
place.  A  certificate  for  Joseph  and  his  wife  Lydia  to  Westland 
Mo.  Mtg.,  Washington  County,  was  signed  by  Warrington,  3 
Mo.  7,  1795.  They  settled  near  Brownsville  where  they  owned 
a  farm  and  grist  mill.  Lydia  Green,  daughter  of  Joseph,  married 
Joseph  Richardson,  a  tanner  of  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  and  be- 
came the  mother  of  the  eminent  physician.  Dr.  Richardson.  (2) 
John  Green  was  disowned  by  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  (l)  Mo.  14, 
1775,  probably  for  marriage  out.  Possibly  he  married  the  daugh- 
ter of  one  John  Abbot,  of  Berwick  Twp.,  York  County,  who 
made  his  will  Jan.  27,  1786  (probated  March  8,  1786)  and  men- 
tion his  wife,  Alice,  and  daughter  Margaret,  wife  of  John  Green. 
By  her  second  husband,  John  McMillan,  Jane  Boyd  had  five 
children  :  Sarah,  Thomas,  John,  Abigail,  and  James. — See  Mc- 
Millan family. 

Robert  Boyes,  from  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh,  dated  2 

Mo.  21,  1736,  received  i  Mo.  26,  1737. 

One  John  Boyes,  of  Lackey,  Parish  of  Maagharagall,  County 
Antrim,  and  Mary  Turner,  of  Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  were 
married  6  Mo.  17,  1720,  at  Lurgan. — Luri^an  Meeting  Records. 

In  1680,  Richard  Boyes,  County  Antrim,  had  his  goods  to  the 
value  of  18s.  seized  for  tithes.  {Stockdale,  139.)  In  1716, 
Thomas  Story  (Journal,  538)  notes  that  he  came  to  the  widow 
Mary  Boyes'  at  15allinderry. 

Isaac  Pigon,  unmarried,  from  Meeting  at  Grange  near  Char- 
lemont,  dated  6  Mo.  27,  1736,  received  2  Mo.  30,  1737. 
At  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  9  Mo.  25,  1738,  "Isaac 
Pigen  having  reed  a  Letter  from  his  father  y'  lives  in  Ireland, 
since  our  Last  mo'-''  meeting  which  requests  him  to  return  thither 
as  soon  as  possible  &  ye  season  not  permitting  him  to  stay  untill 
next  meeting,  a  certificate  is  to  be  prepared  and  signed  for  him." 

Isaac  Steer,  wife  Ruth  and  daughter  Katharine,  the  latter 

unmarried,  dated  5  Mo.  7,  1736,  received  6  Mo.  27,  1737, 

from  Ballinderry  Meeting,  County  Antrim. 

William  Steer,  a   Friend,   of  County  Armagh,    Ireland,   in  the 

period  1665-1669,  for  refusing  to  contribute  to  the  rei)air  of  the 

parish  church  of  Kilmore,  "had  Money  taken  out  of  his  Shop- 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  365 

Box,  also  a  Hat,  and  other  things  worth  7s.  2d,  and  2s.  2d  more 
demanded  had  Cloth  and  Pewter  taken  from  him  worth  iis."  — 
Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Brief  Relation,  etc.,  735. 

William  Steer,  of  Leggatory,  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Ar- 
magh, made  his  will  May  10,  1685,  and  mentions  his  daughter 
Hannah,  to  whom  he  bequeaths  ^90,  and  his  only  son,  Isaac 
Steer,  to  whom  he  leaves  ^400  and  the  house  and  lands  that  "  I 
have  by  lease  from  my  landlord  Edward  Richardson." — Recorded 
in  Friends'  Records  of  Ulster. 

Isaac  Steer,  son  of  William,  was  married  by  Friends'  ceremony 
in  1696  to  Ruth  Mercer,  (ftlinutes  of  Ulster  Province  Meeting.) 
Isaac  Steer,  with  his  wife  and  daughter,  followed  their  sons  to 
Pennsylvania  about  1737,  bringing  a  certificate  to  New  Garden 
Monthly  Meeting,  but  settling  within  the  limits  of  Sadsbury 
meeting.     Children  were  : 

I.  Nicholas  Steer,  b.  2  Mo.  15,  1702  ;  settled  at  Sadsbury,  m. 
Ann  Lewis.  Children  were  :  Benjamin,  b.  10  Mo.  17,  1745,  m. 
Ann  Everett,  9  Mo.  7,  1774;  William,  b.  9  Mo.  24,  1748; 
Hannah,  b.  6  Mo.  15,  1751,  m.  John  Gregg,  9  Mo.  7,  1775  ; 
Ann,  b.  2  Mo.  10,  1754;  Ruth,  b.  4  Mo.  17,  1758. 

II.  John  Steer,  m.  2  Mo.  21,  1732,  at  Leacock  Meeting  (since 
called  Lampeter),  Rachel  Evans,  and  in  1749,  removed  with  his 
family  to  Fairfax  County,  Virginia.  Children  :  Mark  ;  James,  m. 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Grace  (Varman)  Edgerton,  5  Mo. 
21,  1761  ;  Isaac,  b.  10  Mo.  10,  1749,  d.  in  Loudon  County,  Va., 
12  Mo.  17,  1819,  m.  Elizabeth  George,  6  Mo.  13,  1775  ;  John, 
m.  Mary  George  and  removed  with  his  family  to  Kentucky  ;  Joseph, 
m.  Ellen  George. 

III.  Joseph  Steer,  b.  1709;  d.  1795;  m.  3  Mo.,  1746,  Grace 
Edgerton,  widow  of  Joseph  Edgerton,  and  daughter  of  Hattill  and 
Abigail  Varman.  Children:  Ruth,  Hannah,  Sarah,  Mary,  Joseph, 
and  Isaac.  For  detailed  record  see  Steer  Genealogy ,  by  Isaac  S. 
Russel  (New  Market,  Md.,  1S91). 

IV.  Catharine  Steer,  m.  in  1743  Thomas  Nevitt,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Nevitt,  of  JNIountrath,  Queen's  County,  Ireland. 

Faithful  Rich.\rdson,  from  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh, 
Ireland,  received  12  Mo.  26,  1736. 

William  Boyd,  unmarried,  son  of  John,  dated  6  Mo.  18, 
1733,  from  Meeting  in  Antrim,  Ireland,  received  6  Mo. 
27>  1737- 

Joseph  Whitsitt,  young  and  unmarried,  from  Grange  near 
Charlemont,  dated  4  Mo.  7,  1738,  received  11  Mo.  27, 
1738-9.  A  certificate  for  him  to  return  was  signed  7  Mo. 
29>    1739- 


366        hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

One  John  Whitsitte,  of  Grange  near  Charlemont,  and  Ruth 
Robson,  of  Lurgan  Meeting,  were  married  6  Mo.  1 1,  1703,  at  the 
house  of  Ann  \Vebb  {MinuUs  of  Ulster  Prcnnnce  Meeting). 

Abstract  of  the  will  of  William  Whitsitt,  of  Dreemore,  manor 
of  Dungannon,  Ireland,  dated  i  Mo.  9,  1732. 

To  daughter  Catherine  Richardson,  farm  in  Monaghan,  parish 
of  Clovvish,  interest  in  Soloran  in  estate  of  Lord  Charlemont,  and 
one  fourth  of  Bernagh  in  said  manor. 

To  son-in-law,  William  Richardson,  Esq.,  ^300. 

To  the  Quakers  of  the  meeting  near  Charlemont.  ^25. 

Mentions  relatives  Thomas  Greeves  and  James  Pillar. 

To  relative  Joseph  Calvert  ^10. 

To  wife  Mary  Whitsitt,  ahas  Calvert,  and  "  my  only  child," 
Catherine,  wife  of  William  Richardson,  other  bequests. — Re- 
corded in  Friends'  Records. 

One  George  Whitsitt,  of  'Birmingham,  Chester  County,  made 
his  will  Aug.  7,  1736,  and  it  was  probated  Oct.  5,  1736.  He  left 
to  his  brother  Thomas  Bullock  "  my  ivory  head  cane."  Wife 
Rebecca  Whitsitt  to  be  one  of  the  executors. 

Henry  Ne.\l,  son  of  Robert  Neal,  of  Ireland,  was  married 
10  Mo.  19,  1739,  at  Sadsbury  Meeting,  to  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Neal  O'Mooney,  of  Sadsbury,  and  resided  in  East  Marl- 
borough, Chester  County. 

Children  :  Ann,  m.  5  Mo.  22,  1766,  at  London  Grove  Meeting, 
Benjamin  Hutton  ;  William,  m.  9  Mo.  24,  1766,  at  Sadsbury 
Meeting,  Rachel  Leonard  ;  Hannah,  m.  3  Mo.  22,  1775,  at  Lon- 
don Grove  Meeting,  James  Pyle. 

Thomas  Nevett,  received  3  Mo.  26,  1739,  dated  2  Mo.  28, 
1738,  from  Moat  Meeting,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Nevitt,  of  Sadsbury,  m.  in  1743,  Catharine,  daughter 
of  Isaac  Steer,  of  Leacock,  Lancaster  County,  and  died  prior  to 
1760.       His    widow    Catharine    was   disowned  by    Warrington 

Monthly  Meeting,  in  1761,   for  marriage  to Harry,  who  was 

not  a  Friend.  Children  of  Thomas  Nevitt  :  Isaac  who  re- 
moved from  Warrington  to  Fairfax,  Loudon  Co.,  Va.,  about 
1765  ;  Mar>-,  m.  11  Mo.  27,  1766,  William  Wickersham  ;  Ruth, 
took  a  certificate  to  Hopewell,  Va.,  in  1766;  Elizabeth,  received 
a  certificate  to  Hopewell,  Va.,  1768. 

Jacob  Hinshaw,  and  wife  Rebecca,  received  1 1  Mo.  30, 
1 741-2,  dated  2  Mo.  3,  1741,  from  [Grange]  Meeting, 
near  Charlemont,  County  Armagh,  Ireland.     See  page  98. 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting 


3^7 


"Thomas  Hinshaw  &  Mary  Marshall,  both  of  [Grange  Meet- 
ing near]  Charliamount  "  were  "  married  att  y«  grange  meeting 
near  Charliamount  y'  21st  of  —  1708"  {Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov- 
ince Meeting).  In  1726,  Thomas  Hinshaw  was  appointed  a  rep- 
resentative from  Grange  to  the  Province  Meeting. 

Jacob  Hinshaw,'  of  Grange,  in  Parish  of  Clanfekill,  County 
Tyrone  [bom  about  17 10,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Hinshaw*] 
and  Rebecca  Mackie,  of  Kincon,  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Ar- 
magh [born  about  17 16,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Mackie*], 
were  married  9  Mo.  (Nov.)  6,  1735,  '"^  Friends'  Meeting  House, 
in  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh.     Signers  were  : 


David  Keel 
Berjjamin  Mackie 
Michel  Hampton 
David  MCann 
Will"?  Bedwell 
Patrick  McCrannall 
William  Delap 
Jacob  Sinton 
ffrancis  Hobson 
William  Gray 


Mary  Hinshaw 
Mary  Greer 
Ann  Mackie 
Jane  Bell 
Margaret  Hinshaw 
Rebecca  Smith 
Abigail  Gray 
Mary  Richardson 


Jacob  Hinshaw 
Rebecca  Hinshaw 
Joseph  Mackie 
Ann  Mackie 
John  Mackie 
Benjamin  Mackie 
Benjamin  Marshall 
William  Hinshaw 
Robert  Maddon 
John  Nicholson 
Jonas  McKitrick 
W'illiam  Allen 
David  Kell 


In  1741,  Jacob  Hinshaw  removed  with  his  family  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, bringing  a  certificate,  dated  2  Mo.  3.  1741,  from  Meeting  at 
Grange  near  Charlemont,  to  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting, 
Chester  County,  11  Mo.  30,  1741.  They  lived  for  a  time  within 
the  limits  of  New  Garden  and  then  settled  at  Menallen  Meeting, 
in  York,  now  Adams,  County,  taking  their  certificates  to  War- 
rington Monthly  Meeting  about  174S.  From  Menallen  they  re- 
moved to  Monaghan  Township,  York  County,  where  they  were 
li\ing  in  1758.  About  1765  they  removed  to  North  Carolina  and 
settled  within  the  limits  of  Cane  Creek  Monthly  Meeting,  Orange 
County,  producing  a  certificate,  dated  10  Mo.  12,  1765,  to  Cane 
Creek,  i  Mo.  4,  1766.  According  to  the  Cane  Creek  records, 
Jacob  Hinshaw,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mar)-,  died  3  Mo.  31,  1796, 
aged  about  86  years,  and  Rebecca  his  wife,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Ann  Mackey,  died  6  Mo.  16,  1796,  aged  about  So  years. 
Their  children  were  Ann  (m.  George  NIcMiUan,  in  1758,  and  re- 
mained at  \Varrington),  and  probably  Benjamin,  Thomas,  and 
William. 


'  Marriage  Book  Ulster  Quarterly  Meeting,  T,},. 

'  Reeords  of  Cane  Creek  Monthly  Meeting,  North  Carolina. 


368         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Several  other  families  of  Hinshaws,  who  also  came  to  America, 
were  doubtless  nearly  related  to  Thomas  and  Jacob  Hinshaw. 

Jesse  Hinshaw,  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Hinshaw,  was 
born  in  County  Tyrone,  Ireland.'  He  was  married  (mentioned 
as  of  Dunsdead,  Parish  of  Clanfeakill,  County  Tyrone),  1 1  Mo. 
(Jan.)  I,  1745,  at  Friends'  Meeting  House,  at  Grange  near  Charle- 
mont,  to  Abigail  Marshall,  of  Grange,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Ruth  Marshall  (Marriage  Book  of  Ulster  Quarterly  Meeting). 
According  to  Grange  Meeting  records  "  It  Appears  that  Jesse 
Hindshaw,  Absolem  Hindshaw  &  Willm  Hindshaw^  with  their 
respective  families  and  also  Alice  Hindshaw^  removed  to  America 
in  the  year  1768."  They  settled  in  North  Carolina,  bringing  cer- 
tificates to  Cane  Creek  Monthly  Meeting,  Orange  County,  as  fol- 
lows :  Jesse  Hinshaw  and  family,  received  2  Mo.  4,  1769,  Abso- 
lem Hinshaw  and  family,  5  Mo.  6,  1769,  and  William  Hinshaw 
and  family,  11  Mo.  4,  1769. 

Children  of  Jesse  and  Abigail  Hinshaw:  John,  b.  8  Mo.  ii, 
1747  ;  Benjamin,  b.  10  Mo.  2,  1749  ;  Joseph,  b.  6  Mo.  7,  1752  ; 
William,  b.  10  Mo.  30,  1757  ;•  Ruth,  b.  6  Mo.  1 1,  1763  ;  Abigail, 
b.  7  Mo.  I,  1766;  Jesse,  b.  9  Mo.  8,  1770,  m.  (i)  Mary  (b.  6 
Mo.  29,  1773,  in  Orange  Co.,  N.  C.)  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Margaret  Marshill,  and  (2)  Elizabeth,  b.  9  IVJ.  29,  1780,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth   Hinshaw. 

Absolem  Hinshaw  and  Rebecca  Haddock,  of  Parish  of  Killi- 
man.  County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  were  married  4  Mo.  15,  1748,  at 
Friends'  Meeting  at  Grange,  near  Charlemont.  Among  the  sign- 
ers to  the  certificate  were  John  Haddock,  Jesse,  William  and 
Abigail  Hinshaw,  and  Joseph  Marshill.  {Marriage  Book  of  Ulster 
Quarterly  Meeting.)  Children:  Elizabeth,  b.  10  Mo.  27,  1750, 
Absolem,  b.  8  Mo.  31,  1752;  Jacob,  b.  8  Mo.  31,  1762;  Re- 
becca, b.  I  Mo.  29,  1764.  {Records  0/  Grange  Meeting.)  They 
removed  to  Cane  Creek,  North  Carolina,  in  1768. 

John  Hinshaw,  of  Grange,  Parish  of  Clanfeakel,  County 
Tyrone,  and  Alice  Greer,  of  Mulloughlocher,  Parish  of  Ann, 
County  Cavan,  were  married  10  Mo.  (Dec.)  10,  1733,  in  the 
Meeting  House  at  Bellyhays,  County  Cavan.  Among  signers 
were:  John  Hinshaw,  Alice  Hinshaw,  Robert  Greer,  Mary 
Greer,  Jacob  Hinshaw,  Deborah  Greer,  Susanna  Greer,  Thomas 
Greer,  Benjamin  Marshall. 

'  Records  of  Cant  Creek  Monthly  Meeting,  Nortli  Carolina. 

'At  the  Meeting  at  Grange  near  Charlemont,  I  Mo.  25,  175S,  one  Wil- 
liam Hinshaw  produced  an  acknowledgment  for  marriage  by  a  "priest." 
Jacob  Hinshaw,  son  of  William  and  Mary,  died  6  Mo.  10,  1779.  {Cane 
Creek  Records.) 

'One  Alice  Hinshaw  died  9  Mo.  25,  1786.      {Cane  Creek  Records). 

*  Records  of  Grange  Meeting,  Ireland. 


New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting  369 

William  Hinshaw,  of  Grange,  Parish  of  Clanfekil,  County 
Tyrone,  and  Mary  Courtney,  of  Ballyinaconn,  Parish  Macker- 
allin.  County  Down,  were  married  2  Mo.  (Apr.)  i,  1742,  at  Meet- 
\x\%  House,  near  Ballinderry,  County  Antrim.  One  Margaret 
Hinshaw  signed  certificate. 

John  Hinshaw,  of  Grange,  Parish  of  Clanfekil,  County  Tyrone, 
and  Rebecca  Wethereld,  of  Mulladry,  Parish  Kilm.ore,  County 
Armagh,  were  married,  i  Mo.  21,  1744,  at  Ballyhagen.  William 
and  Margaret  Hinshaw  and  others  signed  certificate. 

Margaret  Hinshaw,  of  Grange,  County  Tyrone,  and  Joseph 
Haddock,  of  Strangmore,  Parish  of  Clanfekil,  said  Parish,  were 
married  5  Mo.  (July)  I,  1747,  at  Grange,  near  Charlemont. 
Signed  by  Jesse,  William,  and  Abigail  Hinshaw. 

David  Glan  and  Dorothy  Henshaw  declared  their  intentions  of 
marriage  at  the  meeting  at  Grange,  near  Charlemont,  11  Mo.  13, 
and  II  Mo.  27,  1748.  At  the  meeting,  2  Mo.  13,  1750,  William 
Hinshaw,  the  younger,  was  disowned  for  marrying  a  young 
woman  of  Ballinderry  Meeting  by  a  "priest." 

Thomas  Wilson,  and  family,  received  i  Mo.  27,  1742,  dated 
12  Mo.  25,  1740,  from  [Grange]  Meeting,  near  Charle- 
mont, County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Mary  Sidgwick,  received  9  Mo.  26,  1743,  dated  9  Mo.  7, 
1 741,  from  Meeting  near  Ballinderry,  County  Antrim, 
Ireland. 

Samuel  Morton,  received  7  Mo.  29,  1750,  dated  2  Mo.  13, 
1750,  from  Grange  Meeting,  near  Charlemont. 

One  John  Morton,  of  Minalan  Mtg.  and  Sarah  Fletcher  of  Lis- 
burn  Mtg.,  were  married  at  Lisburn  Mtg.,  3  Mo.  i,  1712. — 
Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov.  Mtg. 

Jeremiah  Starr  and  Robert  Greer,  unmarried,  "two 
young  men  Lately  arrivd  from  Ireland,  produc'd  Certifi- 
cates [New  Garden  Mo.  Mtg.,  7  Mo.  30,  1749]  from  ye 
Moly  meeting  of  Coat  Hill  in  ye  North  of  Ireland  Bearing 
date  ye  23d  of  ye  2d  Mo.  1749."  At  New  Garden  Mo. 
Mtg.  II  Mo.  24,  1753,  Robert  Greer  requested  a  certifi- 
cate to  return  to  Ireland,  but  at  the  meeting  12  Mo.  29, 
1753,  report  is  made  that  "  ye  Vessel  being  Ready  to  sail 
we  understand  he  is  gone  without  it." 

John  Russell,  dated  12  Mo.  10,  1754,  from  Men's  Meeting, 
Dublin,   Ireland,    received    12    Mo.    27,    1755.     At   New 


370        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  lo  Mo.  8,  1763,  "John  Russell 
being  about  to  transport  himself  into  Ireland  Requests  our 
Certificate  Directed  to  the  Men's  Meeting  of  Dublin." 
Granted  11  Mo.  4,  1763.  At  New  Garden,  10  Mo.  6, 
1764,  "  John  Russel  being  returned  from  Ireland  Produced 
a  Certificate  from  the  Men's  Meeting  in  Dublin,  bearing 
date  y'  29'"  of  y'  s""  mo.  last." 

John  Russel,  b.  I  Mo.  6,  1735,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Russel,  of  Ireland,  probably  of  Dublin,  was  married  11  Mo.  11, 
1767,  to  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (McNab)  Fincher. 
They  resided  in  Chester  County  until  1779,  when  they  remo\ed 
their  certificates  of  membership  from  Kennett  to  Pipe  Creek 
Monthly  Meeting,  Frederick  County,  Md.,  and  lived  for  a  time 
near  Union  Bridge.  Their  final  settlement  was  near  New  Market, 
Frederick  County,  where  he  died  11  Mo.  14,  1815.  Children 
were  :  Thomas,  b.  9  Mo.  16,  1768,  m.  Sarah  Roberts  ;  Sarah,  b. 
4  Mo.  10,  1770,  m.  John  Roberts  ;  Jesse  b.  3  Mo.  17,  1772,  m. 
Content  Garretson  ;  Mary,  b.  2  Mo.  11,  1774,  m.  Joseph  L. 
Scholfield  ;  Rachel  b.  6  Mo.  30,  1776,  d.  aged  7  years;  James, 
b.  4  Mo.  3,  1779,  ™-  Susan  Janney  ;  Abel,  b.  5  Mo.  23,  1781, 
m.  Elizabeth  Roberts  ;  John,  b.  5  Mo.  7,  1783,  m.  Ann  Hughes  ; 
Hannah,  b.  12  Mo.  29,  1785,  d.  9  Mo.  2,  1807. — See  Russell 
Genealogy,  1-2  (by  Isaac  S.  Russel,  New  Market,  Md.,  1887). 


BRADFORD  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  Chester  County.      Established  in   1737,  from  New.irk,  or  Kennett  and 
Concord. 

Evan  Wilkinson,  unmarried,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting, 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  dated  10  Mo.  2,  1736,  received 
5  Mo.  21,  1737.  "  Hath  Lived  within  the  bounds  of  this 
Meeting  from  his  Childhood,  his  parents  were  Creditable 
friends  among  us."     Original  on  file. 

Ann  Wilkinson,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim, 
received  4  Mo.  15,  1738. 

She  was  disowned  by  Bradford  Monthly  Meeting,    11  Mo.   15, 
1740,  for  marriage  by  a  "  priest  "  to  Ferguson  Graham. 

Joseph  Wilkin.son,  unmarried,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting, 
County  Antrim,  dated  2  Mo.  23,  1737,  received  12  Mo. 
16,  1737.     A   "Son  to  Francis  Wilkinson  Deced."     Has 


Bradford  Monthly  Meeting  371 

lived  within  "  the  Compass  of  this  Meet^  from  his  Child- 
hood." 

Francis  Wilkinson '  seems  to  have  resided  near  Ballinacree,  or 
Ballymoney,  County  Antrim,  and  besides  his  son  Joseph,  probably 
had  other  children  :  Evan,  Ann,  and  Samuel,  all  of  whom  came 
to  Pennsylvania  about  the  same  time  as  Joseph.  At  Ulster 
Province  Meeting,  5  Mo.  2,  1698,  Francis  Wilkinson  was  ap- 
pointed to  inquire  into  the  "clearness"  of  John  Hunter,  of  Bally- 
money, who  desired  to  marry  Jane  Sterling,  of  Coleraine,  County 
Antrim. 

Joseph  Wilkinson  came  over  to  Pennsylvania  in  1737  and  was 
married  10  Mo.  31,  1740,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  Fisher,  of  Kennett,  Chester  County.  They  resided  in 
East  Cain,  in  the  latter  county,  but  afterwards  resided  at  other 
places.  He  died  9  Mo.  10,  1760,  having  had  the  following  chil- 
dren :  Frances,  b.  12  Mo.  15,  1741  ;  Susanna,  b.  12  Mo.  29, 
1743;  Thomas,  b.  12  Mo.  5,  1745;  Elizabeth,  b.  6  Mo.  30, 
1748;  Joseph,  b.  7  Mo.  17,  1750;  Mary,  b.  3  Mo.  20,  1752; 
Ruth,  b.  7  Mo.  27,  1754;  Alice,  b.  12  Mo.  10,  1755. 

The  w^idow,  Elizabeth  Wilkinson,  and  her  family  removed 
within  the  limits  of  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  York  County, 
not  long  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  and  she  was  married  a 
second  time  to  Joseph,  son  of  Peter  and  Sarah  (Gilpin)  Cook,  of 
Warrington.  She  died  at  York  early  in  the  nineteenth  century 
and  was  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard  at  York. 

Francis  Wilkinson,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth,  m.  4  Mo.  11, 
1770,  Hannah  Mode  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Rebecca,  and 
settled  in  London  Grove  Township,  Chester  County.  Children  : 
Rebecca,  m.  William  Hoopes  ;  Elizabeth,  m.  James  Trimble  ; 
Joseph;  Hannah,  m.  Joseph  Pennock  ;  Francis,  m.  Phebe  Pusey  ; 
Susanna,  m.  Moses  Way  ;  Mode  ;  Amy,  m.  Thomas  Hicks  ; 
WiUiam  ;  Ruth,   m.  John  Edge. — Hist.  Chester  County,  763-4. 

'James  Moote,  of  Ballynacreemore,  in  his  will  dated  Dec.  29,  1727, 
mentions  his  daughter  Frances  Wilkinson  and  her  son  William  Wilkinson. 

In  167S  and  16S1,  WiUiam  Wilkinson,  of  Antrim,  had  his  goods  taken 
for  tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  try  of  Oppression,  97,  166. 

In  1681  Thomas  Wilkinson,  of  Antrim,  had  his  goods  seized  for  tithes. 
—Ibid.,  166. 

Samuel  Wilkinson,  of  Antrim  Meeting,  and  Mary  Sedgwick,  of  Ballin- 
derry  Mtg.,  m.  4  Mo.  24,  1713,  at  the  house  of  Widow  Boyes. 

Elizabeth  Wilkinson  and  Eli  Crocket,  both  of  Ballymoney  Meeting,  m. 
H  Mo.  4,  1715,  at  house  of  James  Moore. 

At  a  meeting  in  County  Antrim,  10  Mo.  2,  1708,  one  Joseph  Wilkinson 
received  a  certificate  to  take  with  him  to  England,  "  whither  he  goes  to 
improve  himself  in  the  world." 


372         hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

William    Purdy,    unmarried,    from    Ballynacree    Meeting, 

County  Antrim,  dated  2  Mo.  23,  1737,  received  4  Mo.  15, 

1738. 

In  167 1,  in  County  Tyrone,  one  William  Purdy,  for  tithes  had 
taken  14  loads  of  "Turf,"  some  "  Hey,"  and  barley,  valued  at 
2s.  6d. — Stockdale,  6. 

In  1674  William  Purdy,  of  County  Tyrone,  had  taken  for 
"  Clerks  Wages  "  "a  Pick-ax,"  valued  at  2s.  6d. — Ibid.,  220. 

One  Thomas  Purdy  and  Ann  Coots,  "  Als  Ridge,"  were  mar- 
ried at  the  meeting  at  Grange,  near  Charlemont,  2  Mo.  16,  1701. 
— Minutes  of  Ulster  Province  Aleetitii^. 

William  Sheppard,  unmarried,  from  Grange,  near  Charle- 
mont, Ireland,  dated  4  Mo.  20,  1739,  received  8  Mo.  18, 
1739.  He  is  a  birthright  member.  His  parents  removed 
"from  this  neighborhood  (when  he  y°  S*"  William  was  but 
young)  to  a  small  meeting  Some  miles  Distant  from  us, 
Yet  under  our  Care,  being  in  y'  Compas  our  mens  meeting. 
Among  signers  were  Benjamin  and  John  Shepherd,  Jacob, 
Joseph,  and  Benjamin  Marshill,  and  Lawrence  and  Benja- 
min Hobson.     Original  on  file. 

William  Shepherd,  of  Menallen  Meeting,  now  Adams  County, 
son  of  Solomon  Shepherd,  deceased,  of  Ireland,  was  married  3 
Mo.  31,  1749,  at  London  Grove  Meeting,  to  Richmunday  Wood,  of 
London  Grove,  Chester  County.  Among  his  children  were  Mary, 
Solomon,  Thomas,  and  William  She])herd. 

Thomas  Paine,  unmarried,  from  Mountmellick  Meeting, 
Queen's  County,  Ireland,  dated  2  Mo.  26,  i73cS,  received 
9  Mo.  17,  1743.  He  "for  Some-time  hath  made  profes- 
sion with  us  and  Served  an  Aprentiseship  within  y"  Com- 
pass of  our  Monthly  Meeting."      Original  on  file. 

William  Pim. 

Richard  Pim,  of  Leicestershire,  England,  in  his  old  age,  about 
1655,  removed  to  Ireland.  His  son  William  m.  Dorothy  (d.  9 
Mo.  I,  1685  ;  buried  at  Tineal,  near  Rosenallis).  daughter  of 
William  Neal,  and  went  with  his  family  also  to  settle  in  Ireland, 
in  the  same  year.  John  Pim,  son  of  William,  b.  in  Leicester- 
shire ;  d.  5  Mo.  29,  1718,  at  Mountrath,  Ireland;  m.  in  1663, 
Mary  (d.  2  Mo.  5,  1726),  daughter  of  William  Pleadwell,  and 
lived  at  Mountrath,  Ireland.  He  had  eleven  children,  of  whom 
the  eldest  was  Moses,  b.  7  Mo.  19,  1664,  d.  1  Mo.  5,  1716  (killed 
by  machinery  of  his  rope  mill),  m.  Ann,  daughter  of  Christopher 


Bradford  Monthly  Meeting  373 

and  Phillipa  Raper.  Ann  Raper,  b.  i  Mo.  9,  1664,  at  Ivan  Mills, 
near  Ballinakill,  Queen's  County,  d.  3  Mo.  18,  1743;  buried  at 
Mountrath. 

William  Pim,  son  of  Moses,  was  born  at  Lackah,  Queen's 
County,  II  Mo.  15,  1692;  m.  11  Mo.  2,  17 15,  at  Mountrath, 
Dorothy,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dorothy  Jackson.  She  was 
born  8  Mo.  22,  1694,  at  Killenare.  William  I'im  and  family  came 
to  Pennsylvania  in  1730,  and  settled  in  the  Great  Valley,  near 
East  Cain  Meeting,  Chester  County.  Here  Dorothy  died  i  Mo. 
15,  1732.  He  married,  secondly,  i  Mo.  13,  1733,  at  Concord 
^Ieeting,  Ann,  widow  of  James  Gibbons,  of  Westtown  Township, 
Chester  County. 

For  many  years  he  served  as  clerk  of  Bradford  Monthly  Meet- 
ing, as  elder  in  East  Cain  Meeting,  and  as  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
He  died  10  Mo.  11,  1751,  in  East  Cain  Township.  In  his  will, 
dated  175  i,  he  mentions  his  sister,  Susanna  Purdy. 

Children  of  William  and  Dorothy  (Jackson)  Pim  :  Moses,  b.  at 
Killenare,  Queen's  Co.,  10  Mo.  27,  1716,  d.  unmarried;  Sarah, 
b.  4  Mo.  23,  1719,  at  Durrow,  Kilkenny,  m.  at  Cain  Meeting,  9 
Mo.  2,  1737,  George,  son  of  Aaron  and  Rose  Mendenhall  ; 
Thomas,  b.  at  Durrow,  3  Mo.  i,  1721,  d.  East  Cain,  10  Mo.  3, 
1786,  m.  at  East  Cain  Meeting,  Frances,  daughter  of  James 
Wilkinson,  late  of  Wilmington,  Delaware  (children  :  Moses ; 
Ann,  m.  John  Edge  ;  William  ;  Thomas  ;  Hannah,  m.  James 
Miller  ;  Sarah,  m.  Amos  Lee;  John;  Rachel,  m.  Nathan  Spencer); 
Hannah,  b.  Durrow,  4,  Mo.  18,  1723,  d.  loMo.  1756,  m.  Thomas 
Paine  ;  Richard,  b.  Arkhill,  Co.  Kildare,  10  Mo.  10,  1728,  d. 
East  Cain,  4  Mo.  12,  1760,  m.  Hannah  Lewis;  Mary,  b.  East 
Cain,  6  Mo.  6,  1731,  d.  i  Mo.  30,  1732. — See  Cope,  Smedley 
Genealogy,  1 6 1-4,  Hhtory  of  Chester  County,  685. 

William  Pim  wrote  a  long  letter,'  dated  6th  of  2d  Mo.,  1732, 
to  his  uncles,  Thomas  and  Joshua  Pim,  of  Montrath,  Queen's 
Co.,  Ireland,  in  which  he  tells  of  loss  of  his  wife  and  youngest 
child  by  the  small-pox,  then  prevalent  in  the  colony.  He  speaks 
of  it  as  the  third  visitation  of  the  disease  since  the  settlement  of 
the  country  by  the  Enghsh.  He  had  lost  a  servant,  Jo  :  Gavin, 
b)  it,  making  three  out  of  his  family  of  12  persons.  "I  am  in 
expectation  of  Ja  :  Ni.;holson  in  a  little  time,  ^  whom  I  expect  an 
ace'  from  Ireland  &  if  he  dont  bring  me  a  servant  or  servants 
I  shall  be  in  great  want,  for  I  am  soe  now.  I  hired  an  Indifferent 
hand  lately  at  Husbandry  &  it  cost  me  36^  for  4  weeks  (&  diet)." 

"  This  Country  I  find  most  agreeable  to  my  Health  (else  it  is 
w'*"  working  harder)  :  this  country  also  is  governed  by  more 
agreeable  Laws  than  that." 

'  A  full  copy  of  this  letter  is  injthe  collection  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West 
Chester,  Pa. 


374        Imrnigratiofi  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

The  following  letter '  was  written  by  an  uncle  of  the  emigrant, 
William  Pirn,  to  his  grand-nephew,  Joshua  Pirn,  of  Usher's  Island, 
Dublin  : 

"TULLYLAST,    CO.    KiLDARE,   1 

"Joshua  PiM,  ^  nth  of  ii  mo.  1768.        | 

Loving  Cousin, 

In  answer  to  thy  request  mentioned  in 
thine  of  the  9th  instant  I  send  thee  this  :  I  can  go  no  further 
back  than  to  my  great  grandfather  Richard  Pirn,  who  before  his 
marriage  lived  a  considerable  time,  a  cook,  with  (I  think  he  was 
called)  Sir  John  Stanhope,  ancestor  to  the  Earl  of  Chesterfield.  I 
heard  of  but  one  brother  that  he  had,  called  Robert  Pim,  who  he 
said  came  into  Ireland  when  young,  of  whom  he  heard  no  more. 
We  suppose  he  was  that  Robert  Pim  that  Sir  John  Temple  men- 
tions to  have  been  murdered  by  the  Rebels  at  Graigue-ne-manch, 
in  the  County  of  Kilkenny.  Richard  Pim,  before  his  marriage, 
had  acquired  what  they  call  three  livings  ;  I  suppose  that  to  be 
three  small  pieces  of  land  with  each  a  dwelling  on  it. 

He  took  a  liking  to  a  neighbor's  daughter,  a  comely  young  girl 
of  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  as  he  and  his  fellow  servants  rode 
out  on  a  merry-making,  one  of  his  fellow-servants  took  a  pillow 
behind  him  and  found  her  playing  ball  with  other  girls  and  asked 
her  to  go  with  them,  which  she  did  (it  is  probable  that  this  was 
by  conceit)  and  the  said  Richard  married  her  and  sent  her  to  a 
boarding  school  for  two  years  and  then  took  her  home  at  fifteen 
years  of  age.  By  her  he  had  my  grandfather,  William  Pim,  and 
several  daughters  ;  one  married  Godfrey  Cantrell  and  one  mar- 
ried to  William  Neale. 

My  grandfather,  William  Pim,  married  Dorothy,  the  sister  of 
William  Neal,  and  dwelt  if  I  remember  right,  at  his  grandfather 
Neales  house  in  Castledunnington,  in  Leistershire,  in  the  year 
1641  ;  and  in  the  year  1655  Godfrey  Cantrell  and  family  came 
into  Ireland  and  Richard  Pim,  then  very  old,  came  with  him  and 
some  time  after  died  at  Godfrey  Cantrell' s  house,  near  Rosenallis 
(in  the  Queen's  County),  and  was  buried  in  the  Church  at  Rose- 
nallis. The  same  year  my  grandfather  William  Pim,  and  William 
Neal  and  families  came  over  and  settled  in  the  County  of  Cavan, 
where  after  some  years  my  grandfather  died  and  was  buried  in  his 
orchard  at  his  own  request,  tho  of  the  profession  of  the  church  of 
England  ;  about  which  time  William  Kdmundson  and  Richard 
Jackson  and  some  other  Friends  retnoved  to  the  (lueen's  Co. 
William  Edmundson  settled  near  Rosenallis,  Richard  Jackson 
and  my  father  near  Mount  Melick.  My  father  had  his  mother  to 
take  care  of,  and  one  sister,  Ellen,  afterwards  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Nevitt.     My  father  joined  partnership  with  Richard  Jackson  in 

'  Cope,  Smtdley  Genealogy,  162-64. 


Bradford  ]\Ionthly  Meeting  375 

the  Butchering  trade,  and  at  Mount  Mehck  became  acquainted 
with  my  mother,  Mar)',  the  daughter  of  William  Pleadwell,  who 
was  born  at  Normanton  upon  Sere,  in  Nothinghamshire.  My 
grandfather,  William  Pleadwell  and  his  wife  came  into  Ireland  in 
1655,  they  being  Baptists,  and  settled  near  Killaloe.  He  had  by 
his  first  wife  Tobias  Pleadwell,  and  by  a  second  wife  John  Plead- 
well,  and  by  a  third  wife  Thomas  Pleadwell  and  my  mother  and 
two  other  daughters,  one  of  whom  was  married  to  William  Neale  ; 
and  some  time  after  my  grandfather  settled  near  Killaloe  he  was 
convinced  by  the  ministry  of  Edward  Burroughs  and  died  not 
after  ;  and  as  his  son  Tobias  Pleadwell  was  convinced  some  time 
before  his  father  and  settled  at  Mount  Melick,  my  grandmother 
and  her  children  came  to  dwell  at  Mountmelick,  and  in  the  year 
1663  my  father  &  mother  married  and  settled  at  Mountmelick  ; 
but  in  the  year  1665  my  father  and  several  other  friends  were 
sent  to  prisoners  for  Tythe  to  Maryborough  Gaol,  where  they  con- 
tinued prisoners  for  several  years,  though  he  had  nothing  tithe- 
able  but  a  garden  ;  so  he  got  a  ho\ise  in  Maryborough  for  my 
mother  to  dwell  in  and  by  favour  of  the  Gaoler  or  Gaolers  fol- 
lowed some  business  in  his  trade  at  Maryborough,  and  after  they 
were  discharged  from  the  prison  he  took  a  farm  at  Coalnecart, 
part  of  the  lands  thy  father  now  holds,  and  in  1678  or  1679  he 
went  to  live  at  Mountrath.  As  to  the  feme  and  place  of  the  births 
and  burials  of  my  brothers  and  sisters  I  refer  thee  to  the  abstract 
of  the  monthly  meeting  records  of  births  and  burials  of  Mount 
Melick  Monthly  Meeting,  which  abstract,  so  far  as  relates  to 
Mountrath  meeting  is  mostly  in  my  handwriting.  I  suppose  it  is 
in  the  hands  of  John  Clendenon. 

Thojias  Pim. 
P.  S.  Richard  Jackson,  before  mentioned,  had  three  sons, 
John,  Thomas  and  Robert,  and  one  daughter,  Sarah,  the  wife  of 
Nicholas  Gribble.  John  I  had  no  acquaintance  with  :  Thomas, 
thy  grandfather,  lived  at  Killenare,  and  Robert  at  Mountmelick  : 
thy  grandmother,  Sarah  Pim,  was  born  at  Killenare.  Thou  may 
get  all  their  genealogies  out  of  the  records  of  births  and  burials 
of  Mountmelick  monthly  meeting."  i 

'  Thomas  Pim,  the  writer  of  the  above  letter,  was  the  sixth  son  of  John 
and  Mary  Pim.  He  resided  at  Mountrath  until  about  1735,  when  he  went 
to  live  with  his  son's  family  at  Tullylast,  County  Kildare.  He  died  a  few 
months  after  he  wrote  the  letter,  in  his  86th  year.  He  had  two  sons  who 
had  large  families.  My  mother  was  his  son  Robert's  eldest  child.  She 
was  16  years  old  when  he  died,  and  often  spoke  of  him  with  great  re- 
spect. His  last  grandchild,  John  Pirn,  died  last  summer  in  his  Sgth  year. 
His  sister,  Hannah,  died  in  her  91st  year  in  1849.  There  are  now  not  any 
of  his  descendants  of  the  name  of  Pim  among  Friends. — Robert  Good- 
iody  writing  in  18^2. 


376         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 
GOSHEN  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  Chester  County.     Established  in  1722,  from  Chester. 

Joshua  Marsh,  wife  Elizabeth,  children,  Jonathan,  Peter, 
and  Abigail,  received  9  Mo.  15,  1736,  dated  4  Mo.  2, 
1736,  from  Grange  Meeting,  near  Charlemont.  See  Marsh 
family. 

John  Marsh  and  wife  Elizabeth,  received  8  Mo.  18,  1736, 
dated  4  Mo.  2,  1736,  from  Grange  Meeting,  near  Charle- 
mont. 

Thomas  McMollin  [McMillan]  and  wife  Deborah,  received 
8  Mo.  15,  1739,  dated  3  Mo.  6,  1738,  from  Ballinacree 
County  Antrim,  Ireland.     See  McMillan  family. 

William  Vance,  wife  Elizabeth,  dated  2  Mo.  3,  1741,  from 
[Grange]  Meeting,  near  Charlemont,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Parvin,  received  7  Mo.  10,  1750,  dated  2  Mo.  24, 
1750,  from  Dublin,  Ireland. 

NOTTINGHAM  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  Cecil  County,  Maryland.     Established  from  New  Garden  in  1730. 

Mary  Norton,  daughter  of  Edward  Norton,  "of  y'  County 
of  Armagh,"  Ireland,  was  married  9  Mo.  24,  1733,  under 
auspices  of  Nottingham  Mo.  Mtg.,  to  Richard  Brown,  son 
of  William  Brown,  of  West  Nottingham. 

Edward  Norton,  of  West  Nottingham,  Chester  County,  son 
of  Edward  Norton  of  "ye  City  and  Parish  of  Armagh," 
Ireland,  deceased,  was  married  8  Mo.  16,  1739,  ^'  Notting- 
ham, Mo.  Mtg.,  to  Elizabeth  Brown,  daughter  of  William 
Brown. 

Joseph  McRannells,  received  n  Mo.  27,  1737,  dated  2 
Mo.  27,  1737,  from  Grange  Meeting,  Ireland. 

Samuel  Rutter,  received  11  Mo.  17,  1753;  dated  3  Mo. 
30,  1753,  from  Dublin,  Ireland. 


Sadsbury  Monthly  Meeting  377 

Elizabeth  Crainer,  unmarried,  dated  7  Mo.  7,  1754,  from 
Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Ireland.  Original  certificate  in 
Friends'  Historical  Library  of  Swarthmore  College. 

Joseph  Tremble  [Trimble],  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Tremble,  of  Ireland,  was  married  11  Mo.  31,  1744,  at 
Nottingham  Meeting  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Han- 
nah Churchman,  of  East  Nottingham. 

Joseph  Trimble,  or  Tremble,  as  the  name  was  generally  writ- 
ten, emigrated  from  Ireland  when  some  fifteen  years  of  age, 
probably  about  1730,  and  served  a  time  of  farming  and  wagoning 
with  William  Brown,  a  miller,  of  Nottingham.  In  1741  he  settled 
on  a  farm  near  by,  which  remained  in  the  family  until  1856. 
His  wife  was  born  2  Mo.  17,  1716,  and  died  8  Mo.  2,  1750, 
leaving  three  children.  Joseph  was  married,  secondly,  2  Mo.  22, 
1753,  to  Ann  Chandler,  daughter  of  William  and  Ann,  of  Lon- 
don Grove.  She  died  12  Mo.  31,  1793.  Children  :  William,  b. 
10  Mo.  I,  1745,  d.  5  Mo.  30,  1819  ;  John,  b.  12  Mo.  16,  1746,  d. 
about  1809,  near  Chillicothe,  Ohio;  Mary,  b.  7  Mo.  11,  1748; 
Joseph,  b.  10  Mo.  29,  1754,  d.  12  Mo.  5,  1831  ;  Thomas,  b.  5 
Mo.  4,  1756  ;  Jacob,  b.  2  Mo.  27,  1758  ;  Sarah,  b.  5  Mo.  23, 
1760,  m.  Job  Sidwell  ;  James,  b.  4  Mo.  20,  1762,  d.  12  Mo.  5, 
183!  ;  Elisha,  b.  3  Mo.  18,  1765,  d.  8  Mo.  28,  1848. 

One  William  Trimble,  born  1705,  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland, 
and  James  Trimble,  probably  a  brother,  came  over  from  Ireland, 
and  in  1734-35  joined  Friends  at  Concord  Monthly  Meeting. 
William  was  married  9  Mo.  13,  1734,  to  Ann,  daughter  of  John  and 
Martha  Palmer,  of  Concord,  and  died  8  Mo.  5,  1795,  in  Concord 
Township,  now  Delaware  County.  James  Trimble,  b.  in  Ire- 
Ireland,  June  24,  1707,  arrived  in  Pennsylvania  about  6M0. ,  1 7 19, 
and  died  1 1  Mo.  21,  1792,  in  West  Bradford,  Chester  County.  He 
married  10  Mo.  3,  1735,  Mary  Palmer,  another  daughter  of  John 
and  Martha.  For  a  more  extended  account  of  the  Trimbles  see 
Futhey  and  Cope's  History  of  Chester  County,  748-750. 

Barnabas  McNamee,  of  Ireland,  and  Mary  Pearson,  daughter 
of  John  and  Margaret,  of  Middletown,  now  Delaware 
County,  were  married  4  Mo.  8,  1756,  at  Nottingham. 

SADSBURY  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  Lancaster  County.     Established  in  1737,  from  New  Garden. 

Samuel  Wilkison,  received  12  Mo.  6,  1737-8,  dated  2  Mo. 
23.  1737,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ire- 
land. 


3/8         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

James  Hunter,  recieved  i  Mo.  6,  1738,  dated  3  Mo.  10. 
1736,  from  Ballinacree  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  Ireland, 

John  Hunter  of  Lisburn  Mtg.  and  Elizabeth  Matthews,  of  Lur- 
gan,  were  married  at  Lurgan,  10  Mo.  24,  1701. — Minutes  of  Ulster 
Prov.  Mtg. 

William  Hunter,  County  Londonderry,  in  167 1,  had  taken  6 
"  stocks  of  Barley,  20  stooks  of  Oats  and  one  load  of  Hey,"  valued 
at  IIS.  2d. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  I. 

In  1674,  one  John  Hunter,  County  Antrim,  had  his  goods  seized 
for  tithes.— //«'«'. ,  35. 

In  1678,  John  Hunter,  of  Ballinderry  Parish,  County  Antrim, 
had  his  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Ibid.,  95. 

In  1681,  John  and  James  Hunter,  of  liallinderry  Parish,  County 
Antrim,  had  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Ibid.,   169. 

One  John  Hunter,  of  Ballymoney  Meeting,  and  Jane  Sterling,  of 
Coleraine  Meeting  were  married  5  Mo.  12,  1698,  at  the  house  of 
Sarah  Melvin  in  Coleraine,  County  Antrim. 

Nicholas  Steer,  received  i  Mo.  6,  1737-8,  dated  3  Mo.  23, 
1734,  from  Lisburn,  County  Antrim,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Bolough,  or  Bulla,  received  4  Mo.  4,  1739,  dated 

3  Mo.  19,  1738,  from  Grange,  Ireland. 

One  Richard  Bullough  and  Rachel  Morton,  both  of  Minnallan 
Mtg.,  were  married  8  Mo.  20,  1 71 5,  at  Minnallan,  Ireland. — 
Minutes  of  Ulster  Prov.  Mtg. 

Thomas  Bollo,  of  Sadsbury  Township,  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
yeoman,  was  married,  12  Mo.  10,  1742-43,  at  Sadsbury  Friends' 
Meeting  House,  to  Anne  Williams,  of  East  Sadsbury  Twp., 
Chester  Co. ,  Pa. ,  widow  of  Zacharias  Williams. 

James  Love,  received  9  Mo.  12,  1741,  dated  2  Mo.  17, 
1739,  from  Ballyhays  Meeting,  County  Cavan,  Ireland; 
also  a  certificate  from  New  Garden  [Ireland],  dated  8  Mo. 
28,  1738.  Married  Faithful  Richardson,  at  Leacock  Meet- 
ing, 12  Mo.  13,  1745. 

Samuel  Boyd,  received  10  Mo.  6,  1742,  dated  5  Mo.  8,  1741, 
from  Grange,  Ireland. 

William  Courtney,  dated  5  Mo.  i,  1763,  from  Ballinacree 
Meeting,  County  Antrim. 


lVan-i}igton  Monthly  Meeting  379 

WARRINGTON  MONTHLY  MEETING 

In  York  County.     Established  in  1747,  from  Sadsbury. 

William  Delap  and  wife  Ruth,  received  11  Mo.  16,  1747-8, 
dated  5  Mo.   6,  1747,  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  County- 
Armagh,  Ireland. 
They    settled   in    Menallen   Township,    now   Adams    County. 

Children:  George,   b.    11   Mo.    i,    1743-4;  Sarah,   b.    i    Mo.   2, 

1748-9  ;   Robert,   b.  8  Mo.  15,  1750  ;  John,  b.  9  Mo.  15,  1752  ; 

William,  b.    2   Mo.   26,    1755  ;  Abigail,  b.    9  Mo.  8,  1757,   d.   8 

Mo.   23,  1758  ;  Mary,  b.  10  Mo  8,  1759. 

Daniel  Winter,  received  3  Mo.  21,  1748,  dated  4  Mo.  5, 
1737,  from  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh,  Ireland.  He 
resided  in  Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  County. 

Thomas  Wilson,  received,  4  Mo.  17,  174S,  dated  4  Mo.  2, 
1736,  from  [Grange]  Meeting,  near  Charlemont,  County 
Armagh,  Ireland.  A  certificate  for  him  and  his  wife  to  Fair- 
fax Mo.  Mtg.,  Va.,  was  signed  by  Warrington,  4  Mo.  17, 
1749. 

Thomas  Blackkurn  and  wife,  received  3  Mo.  19,  1750,  dated 
4  Mo.  18,  1749,  from  Ballyhagan,  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Blackburn,  of  Ballyhagen,  Parish  of  Killmore,  Co. 
Armagh,  was  married  4  Mo.  17,  1742,  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting  to 
Alice  Hewit,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Hewit,  of  Clandroet,  said 
parish  and  county.  Marriage  certificate  signed  by  Benjamin, 
Robert,  John,  Mark,  and  Alice  Hewitt  and  Antho.  Blackburn. — 
MiD-riagt'  Books  of  Ulster  (2iiarterly  Meeting,  p.  64. 

He  settled  in  Menallen  Township,  now  Adams  County,  where 
he  died  about  1794,  his  will  dated  Jan.  6,  17S4,  being  probated 
Nov.  I,  1794.  He  mentions  his  wife  Alice  and  children,  Thomas 
and  John. 

William  Nevet,  received  8  Mo.  19,  1751,  dated  1  Mo.  10, 
1 7 50-1,  from  Moat,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 
William  Nevitt,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Nevitt,  was  born  9 
Mo.  3,  1718,  at  Mountrath,  Queen's  County,  Ireland.  About 
1750  he  came  to  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  at  Warrington,  York 
County.  He  m.  5  Mo.  10,  1753,  at  Warrington  Meeting, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Sarah  (Gilpin)  Cook,  of  Warring- 
ton.    In  1770,  he  made  a  visit  to  his  relatives  in  Ireland,  taking 


380        Immigratioji  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

a  certificate  to  Moat  Meeting ;  he  returned  in  the  summer  of 
1 77 1.  In  17SS,  he  was  "  recommended  "  a  minister  of  the  So- 
ciety and  in  that  ser\ice  frequently  visited  meetings  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, Mar\'land.  and  Virginia.  He  died  without  issue.  8  Mo. 
15,  iSoo,  in  his  S2d  year.  In  his  will>  he  mentions  Isaac,  Ruth, 
and  Elizabeth  Xevitt,  children  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Nevitt, 
deceased.! 

WiLLi.\.M  PiLL.\R,  dated  6  Mo.  16,  1765,  from  Grange  near 
Charlemont,  received  6  Mo.  13,  1767.  He  returned  to 
Ireland  in  1769. 

FiXLEY  McGrew,  a  Scotch-Irishman,  who  was  assessed  in 
London  Grove  Township,  Chester  County,  as  early  as 
1729,  and  as  late  as  1735,  became  a  member  of  Sadsbury 
Monthly  Meeting,  Lancaster  County,  in  1 746.  He  settled 
at  an  early  date  in  Tyrone  Township,  now  .\dams  County, 
where  he  died  about  1766.  By  his  wife  Elizabeth  he  had 
the  following  children  :     James  b.  12  Mo.  27,  1744-5,  m. 

Jane  :  Nathan,  b.   9  Mo.  26,  1746,  m.  Martha 

Hendricks;  William  b.  i  Mo.  24,  1748-9;  Finley,  b.  2 
Mo.  23,  1751,  m.  Mary  Hendricks;  Isabelle,  b.  3  Mo.  4, 
1752,  d.  8  Mo.  I,  1752;  Peter,  b.  5  Mo.  19,  1755,  m. 
Patience  Hendricks;  Archibald,  b.  4  Mo.  14,  1757. 

J.\MES  McGrew,  kinsman,  doubtless  a  brother  of  Finley  Mc- 
Grew, brought  a  certificate  for  himself  and  wife  from 
Hopewell,  Va.,  to  Warrington  Monthly  Meeting,  in  1750. 
A  James  Magrew,  probably  the  same,  was  assessed  in  Lon- 
don Grove,  Chester  County  in  1729  and  1734-  Children 
of  James  and  Mar>-  McGrew:  Finley,  b.  i  Mo.  13, 
1735-6,  m.  Dinah  Cox,  and  removed  about  1787  to  the 
Redstone  region  of  Pennsylvania;  Deborah,  b.  7  Mo.  14, 
1739,  m.  Joseph  Blackburn,  in  1758  ;  .\nn,  b.  4  Mo.  29, 

1741,  m.  Xewlin  ;  Nathan,  b.  3  Mo.  10,  1743,  d. 

1769,  m.  Rachel  Blackburn,  in  1767;  Simon,  b.  11  Mo. 
5,  1745;  Mary,  b.  11  Mo.  5,  1748,  m.  Moses  Blackburn, 
101767;  James,  b.  6  Mo.  25,  i75i,m.  Elizabeth  McFerran, 

>  Recorder's  Office,  York,  Pa. 

'William,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Xeviit,  was  bom  I  Mo.  25,  1714, 
at  Mountmellick.  William  Neviu,  son  of  William  and  .\nn  Nevitt,  b.  2  Mo. 
22,  1726,  at  Mountmellick  Queen's  County,  Ireland.  William  Nevitt  and 
Ann  Hancock,  both  of  Lisbum,  County  Antrim,  m.  6  Mo.  7,  1753,  at 
Hillsborough,  County  Down. 


IVarj-vigtoH  Montldy  Meeting  381 

about  1774,  and  removed  to  the  Redstone  region,  about 
1794.  Children  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (McFeiran)  Mc- 
Grew :  Mary,  b.  3  Mo.  10,  1774,  m.  Joel  Hutton ;  Na- 
than, m.  Elizabeth  Winder:  Jane  ;  James  B.;  Deborah,  m. 
Samuel  McGrew ;  Joseph  ;  Simon  ,:  Finley  ;  Thomas  ;  John 
B.;  Jacob ;  Archibald,  m.  Susanna  Gilbert. 

FRAxas  HoKOx,  and  wife  Ann,  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  dated  7  Mo.  4,  1764,  received 
I  Mo.  12,  1765. 

Francis  Hobson,  of  DrumiUy,  Parish  of  Loughgall,  County 
Armagh,  m.  9  Mo.  25.  1 741,  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Mackey,  of  Kincon,  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County 
Armagh.     He  died   12  Mo.  17,    1777,   aged  72  years,  and  was 

buried  at  Menallen.     Children  :  Marj-,  m. Biackney,  about 

176S  ;  Elizabeth,  m.  7  Mo.  17,  1777,  at  Warrington,  Richard 
Blatchford  ;  Ann,  m.  3  Mo.  22,  1770,  at  Warrington,  Henry 
Atherton  ;  Francis,  m.  12  Mo.  12,  1770,  at  Menallen,  Susanna 
Jones  (he  made  a  trip  to  Ireland  about  1772);  Phebe,  m.  5  Mo. 
18,  1775,  at  Warrington,  Richard  Atherton  ;  Joseph,  b.  1746,  m. 
Ann ,  about  177S,  and  removed  to  near  Richmond,  Jeffer- 
son Coimty,  Ohio,  about  1800;  Robert,  being  in  ill  health  in  1776, 
was  placed  in  care  of  Dr.  Da\-id  Jem  mi  son,  of  York,  York  County. 

Elizabeth  Wright,  from  meeting  of  Grange  near  Charle- 
mont,  Ireland,  dated  12  Mo.  25,  1774,  received  10  Mo. 
14,   1775- 

Joseph  Hewit  and  family,  dated  4  Mo.  22,  1772,  from 
Ballyhagen  Meeting,  Ireland,  received  9  Mo.  12,  1772.' 
A  son  Geoge,  b.  12  Mo.  25,  1750;  d.   2   Mo.  15.  1S41  ;  m.  11 

Mo.  16,  1774,  at  Menallen  >Ieeting,  Deborah,  daughter  of  John 

and  Mary  Morton,  of  Menallen. 

>  Childroi  of  Jonathan  and  Ann  Hewitt,  of  Menallen  :  Abel.  b.  3  Mo. 
5,  1779  ;  Sarah,  b.  11  Mo.  ij,  17S0:  Tosepli,  b.  9  Mo.  25,  17S2. 

One  John  He-s-et,  of  BaUvhageii  Meedng  and  Isabelle  Hoope,  of  Lar- 
gan  Meeting  were  married,  2  Mo.  16,  1 701,  at  Lcrgan,  Ireland. 

One  Mark  Hewit,  of  Qandmle,  Parisi  Kilmore  Conntv  Armagg,  and 
Marv  McKecrick,  of  Denyane,  Parish  LoGghgall,  County  Armagh,  were 
married  I  Mo.  25,  1742,  at  Ballyhagen.  Among  signeis  woe:  Hannah 
and  Tonas  McKetrick,  John,  Robot,  and  Benjamin  Hewit,  John  Allen, 


382         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

SOME  IRISH  CERTIFICATES  RECEIVED  AT  MEET- 
INGS IN  NEW  JERSEY  AND  DELAWARE 

HADDONFIELD  (FORMERLY  GLOUCESTER)  MO. 
MTG.,   N.  J. 

Established  in  1695. 

Mark  Newby  and  Will  :  Battes,  dated  6  Mo.  21,  1681,  from 
Bellicare  Mtg.,  County  Wicklow,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Dennis.  "  Dwelt  Amongst  us  about  nine  years." 
From  Moat  Mtg.,  County  West  Meaih,  near  Athlone,  Ire- 
land, dated  i  Mo.  26,  1682. 

Jonathan  Wood,  wife  and  children,  "he  Being  A  Weaver 
by  trade  hath  followed  that  Imployment  untiU  It  did  soo  fale 
that  he  &  his  famely  Could  not  Live  Comfortably  of  itt 
&  being  his  Stock  but  smale  And  farme  Lytle."  Two 
daughters  and  one  son,  dated  5  Mo.  S,  1683,  from  Bally- 
hagen.  County  Armagh,  Ireland. 

Thom.\s  Thackara,  wife  Esther,  and  children,  from  Dub- 
lin, dated  6  Mo.  16,  1681. 

SALEM  MONTHLY  MEETING,  N.  J. 

Established  in  1676. 

Joseph  White,  son  of  Samuel  and ?  White,  born   i 

Mo.  20,  1 65 1-2,  in  a  town  called  Sulyrane,  in  North 
Hampshire,  England.  He  went  from  England  to  Ireland 
in  1672,  taking  ship  7  Mo.  25.  Afterwards  he  married 
"  Elizabeth  Church,  who  came  from  Dolbay  of  the  Woulds 
in  Lestershire  in  England  to  Ireland."  They  belong  to  New 
Garden  Mtg.,  "their  dwelling  place  and  took  Ship  at 
Dublin  in  Ireland  for  West  Jersey  in  ,\merika  who  .\fter 
eight  weeks,  two  days  Arrived  to  Elsinburgh,"  West  Jersey, 
9  Mo.  17,  1681,  together  with  servants  as  followeth. 
"  Hugh  Middleton  whoose  father  was  of  Lestershire  and  his 

mother  of  Glocestershire. 

"  Allsoo  Mathias  bellore  (?)  his  father  and  mother  weere 

English  people. 


Irish  Quakers  of  Newton  383 

"  3ly  Hannah  Asbury  her  father  an  Englishman  her  mother 
borne  in  Ireland." 


THE  IRISH  QUAKER  SETTLERS  OF  NEWTON,  NOW 
IN  CAMDEN  COUNTY,  NEW  JERSEY 

Thomas  Sharp,  "  woolstead  comber,"  of  Dublin,  nephew  of 
of  Anthony  Sharp,  a  wealthy  Quaker  merchant  of  that 
city,  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Irish  Quaker  settlement 
of  Newton,  N.  J.  He  has  left  the  following  interesting 
account  of  his  immigration  and  settlement,  written  in 
1718:  ' 

"  Let  it  be  remembered  y'  upon  yi^  nineteenth  day  of  September, 
in  y"  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty-one, 
Mark  Newby,  \Villiam  Bates,  Thomas  Thackara,  George  Gold- 
smith and  Thomas  Sharp,  set  saile  from  y'  Harbor  belonging  to 
y"  city  of  Dublin  in  y^  Kingdom  of  Ireland,  in  a  pink  called  Y' 
oiuner  s  adventure,  whereof  Thomas  Lurtin,  of  London,  was  com- 
mander, and  being  taken  sick  in  y'^  city,  his  mate  John  Dagger, 
officiated  in  his  place  ;  in  order  to  transport  us,  and  y'  we  might 
settle  ourselves  in  West  Jersey,  in  America.  And  by  y«  good 
providence  of  God  we  arrived  in  y  Capes  of  Delaware  y  eigh- 
teenth day  of  November  following,  and  so  up  y'  bay  until  we  came 
to  Elsenburg,  and  were  landed  with  our  goods  and  families  at 
Salem,  where  we  abode  y°  winter.  But  it  being  very  favourable 
weather  and  purchasing  a  boat  amongst  us,  we  had  an  opportunity 
to  make  search  up  and  down  in  y'  which  was  called  y""  Third  tenth, 
which  had  been  reserved  for  y«  proprietors  dwelling  in  Ireland, 
where  we  might  find  a  place  suitable  for  so  many  of  us  to  settle 
down  together,  being  in  these  early  times  somewhat  doubtful  of 
y*^  Indians,  and  at  last  pitched  down  by  y'  which  is  now  called 
Newton  creek,  as  y*^  most  invitingist  place  to  settle  down  by,  and 
then  we  went  to  Burlington,  and  made  application  to  y"  commis- 
sioners y'  we  might  have  warrants  directed  to  Daniel  Leeds,  y° 
Surveyor  General,  to  survey  unto  every  of  us,  so  much  land  as 
by  y  constitution  at  y'  time  was  alloted  for  a  settlement  being  five 
hundred  acres,  or  y'  we  had  a  right  to,  for  a  taking  up  it  under, 
which  accordingly  we  obtained. 

"At  which  time  also  Robert  Zane,  who  came  from  ye  city  of 

'Liber  A,  of  Gloucester  County  deeds,  page  98,  in  the  Office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State,  Trenton,  N.  J.  (See  Judge  Clement's  First  Sittlers  in 
Newton,  24-26. ) 


384         Immigration  0/  the  Irish  Quakers 

Dublin,  and  had  been  settled  in  Salem,  four  years  before,  joined 
in  with  us  who  had  a  right  to  a  tenth,  Mark  Newby  to  a  twentieth, 
William  Bates  to  a  twentieth,  Thomas  Thackara  to  a  twentieth, 
Thomas  Sharp  (out  of  his  uncle  Anthony  Sharp's  right)  a 
twentieth,  and  George  Goldsmith  (under  ye  notion  of  Thomas 
Starkey's  right)  a  tenth  ;  all  which  of  us  excepting  William  Bates 
who  took  his  on  ye  southerly  side  of  Newton  creek,  we  took  our 
land  in  one  tract  together  for  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  acres,  bounding  in  ye  forks  of  Newton  creek  and  so  over  to 
Cooper's  creek  and  by  a  line  of  marked  trees  to  a  small  branch  of 
ye  fork  creek  and  so  down  ye  same  as  by  ye  certficate  of  it  stand- 
ing upon  record  in  ye  Secretary's  office  it  doth  appear.  And 
after  some  time  finding  some  incoveniency  in  ha\ing  our  land  in 
common  together  being  at  ye  time  settled  at  ye  place  now  called 
Newton  in  ye  manner  of  a  town  for  fear  as  aforesaid  at  which 
being  removed  we  came  to  an  agreement  to  divide.  George 
Goldsmith  he  chose  the  head  of  the  creek,  Thomas  Sharp  the 
forks  or  lower  end  of  the  land  next  towards  the  river  by  which 
means  the  rest  kept  to  their  settlements  without  any  disadvantage 
to  themselves. 

And  so  ye  land  was  divided  according  to  every  man's  right. 
*  »  « 

Given  under  my  hand  the  3rd  month,  3rd,  17 18. 

Thomas  Sharp." 

Thomas  Sharp  was  Recorder  and  Clerk  of  the  Courts  of  Glouces- 
ter County  for  many  years.  He  was  also  a  surveyor  and  made  sev- 
eral important  maps  of  the  early  settlements  which  are  reproduced 
in  facsimilein  Judge  Clement's /»i/&///6-r.f()/"A«i'/c«.  Heacted 
as  agent  for  his  uncle,  Anthony  Sharp,  of  Dublin,  who  had  large 
holdings  in  New  Jersey.  In  1684,  he  was  made  Commissioner 
of  Highways,  and  in  the  following  year  was  returned  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature.  I  n  1 700,  he  became  Judge  of  the  Glouces- 
ter County  Courts. 

Thomas  Sharp  was  married  in  1684,  to  Sarah  Fearn,  of  Darby. 
A  daughter  Elizabeth,  m.  8  Mo.  3,  1709,  at  Darby,  John,  son 
of  John  and  Mary  Hallowell,  and  resided  at  Darby  and  New- 
ton. Children  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Hallowell  :  Sarah,  b.  1 1 
Mo.  16,  1710,  d.  7  Mo.  17,  1747,  m.  John  Hurst;  Samuel,  b.  3 
Mo.  10,  1713  ;  John,  b.  7  Mo.  10,  1715,  d.  7  Mo.  26,  1778,  m. 
Hannah  Lewis  ;  Thomas,  b.  ii  Mo.  13,  1717,  d.  8  Mo.  29,  1788, 
m.  Ann.  Thomson;  Joseph,  b.  12  Mo.  28,  1721,  d.  5  Mo.  8, 
1792,  m.  Elizabeth  Holcomb  ;  Mary,  b.  2  Mo.  i,  1729,  d.  12  Mo. 
16,  1791,  m.  John  Elmslie. 


Irish  ^takers  of  Newton  385 

Isaac  Sharp,  son  of  Anthony  Sharp,  of  Dublin,  came  to  New 
Jersey  about  1702-3,  and  settled  at  Blessington,  now 
Sharptown. 

He  was  Judge  of  Salem  Court  and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Assembly  from  1709  to  1725.  About  1726  he  returned  to  Ire- 
land and  resided  on  his  estate  called  "  Roundxvood,"  in  Queen's 
County,  where  he  died  in  1735.  He  married  in  1704,  Margaret 
Braithwaite,  of  Salem,  and  had  children  :  Anthony.  Isaac  (of 
Blessington,  Salem  County,  N.  J.,  died  in  1770.  He  was  also 
Judge  of  Salem  Court),  Joseph,  Sarah,  Rachel  (m.  Daniel  De- 
laney,  of  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  by  whom  she  had  children  : 
Sharp,  William,  Martin). — American  Genealogist,  146. 

Robert  Zane,  of  Dublin,  "Serge  Maker,"  pioneer  settler  of 
Newton,  or  the  Irish  Tenth,  in  Gloucester  County,  N.  J., 
probably  came  out  with  John  Fenwick  and  his  party,  in 
1675,  for  he  was  one  of  the  members  of  the  Friends'  Meet- 
ing established  at  Salem  that  year. 

By  deed  of  April  12,  1677,  he  became  one  of  the  Proprietors  of 
West  New  Jersey.  In  1679  he  was  married,  at  Burlington  Meet- 
ing, to  Alice  Alday,  who  is  thought  to  have  been  an  Indian.  In 
1681  he  became  a  settler  at  Newton.  He  was  elected  to  the  first 
Legislature  in  16S2,  and  was  returned  in  1685.  He  died  in  1694, 
leaving  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  (daughter  of  Henry  Willis,  of 
Hempstead,  Long  Island),  and  several  children  to  survive  him. 

Children   were  :   Nathaniel,    b.   about   1673,    m.    Grace  Rake 

straw,  of  Philadelphia,  in  1697  ;   Robert,  m.  Jane ;  Elna- 

than  ;  Simon  ;  Mary  ;  Esther;  and  Sarah.  (For  further  details  see 
Clement's  First  Settlers  of  A^ewton,  11-22,  and  Penna.  Mag., 
XII.,  123-25.) 

William  Bates,  carpenter,  of  County  Wicklow,  who  was  im- 
prisoned in  1670,  for  attending'Friends'  Meeting  at  Thomas 
Trafford's  house  in  Wicklow  {Besse,  II.,  470),  was  one  of 
a  company  of  Friends  who  purchased  a  share  of  West  New 
Jersey,  by  deed  of  April  12,  1677. 

He  sailed  from  Dublin  in  September,  in  1681,  in  Ye  Owners 
Adventure,  and  settled  with  the  other  Irish  Friends  at  Ne^vton, 
where  he  owned  250  acres  of  land.  In  1683  he  was  one  of  the 
representatives  from  the  Irish  Tenth  in  the  Legislature  of  the 
Province  of  West  New  Jersey,  and  was  the  same  year  appointed 
constable.  The  next  year  he  was  again  returned  as  a  member  of 
the  Legislature,  and  was  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  for 
laying  out  highways.     He  died  in  1700.     His  children,  all   bom 

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386         I»i7nigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

in  Ireland,  were  :  Jeremiah,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Spicer  ; 
Joseph,  m.  Mercy  Clement,  in  1701  ;  Abigail,  m.  Joshua  Fearne, 
in  1687  ;  William,  said  to  have  married  an  Indian  girl  ;  Sarah, 
m.  Simon  Ellis,  in  1692.' 

George  Goldsmith,  a  Friend,  came  over  from  Dublin,  in 
Ye  Owners  Adventure,  in  1681-2,  and  settled  at  Gloucester, 
N.  J.» 

His  grandson,  James  Parrock,  a  Friend,  of  Philadelphia,  ship- 
wright, aged  seventy-six  years,  in  a  deposition  made  at  Phila- 
delphia, Jan.  2,  1751,  states  that  his  grandfather  had  formeily 
lived  at  Ballinakill,  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  and  had  served  in 
Ireland  as  Lieutenant  in  Cromwell's  Army.' 

John  Hugo,  from  the  Parish  of  Castle  Ellis,  County  We.xford, 
was  an  early  settler  on  Little  Timber  Creek,  in  the  Newton 
settlement,  where  in  1683  he  purchased  500  acres  of  land 
from  Robert  Zane. 

He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Jersey  Legislature  in  1685.  He 
died  in  1706.  His  children  were:  John,  Judge  of  Gloucester 
County  courts,  1695-1706,  Provincial  Councillor  of  West  New 
Jersey,  etc.,  m.  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Francis  Collins;   Elias,  m. 

Margaret,  sister  of  Priscilla  Collins  ;  Joseph,  m.   Sarah ; 

and  Charles.' 

Mark  Nevvbie,  says  Judge  Clement,  "was  a  resident  of  the 
city  of  London,  and  a  tallow  chandler."  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  a  Friends'  Meeting,  whose  house  of  worship  was  in 
a  street  of  that  city,  called  "Barbican,  "  and  removed  to 
Dublin,  in  i58i. 

Unfortunately  the  Judge  does  not  give  his  authority  for  this 
statement  or  it  might  be  confirmed  ;  but  this  date  of  removal  to 
London  is  at  least  ten  years  too  late,  for  Stockdale  mentions 
Newbie  as  a  persecuted  Quaker  shopkeeper  residing  in  Thomas 
Street,  Dublin,  in  1 67 1.      Says  Stockdale  :  ' 

In  1 67 1,  Mark  Newby,  of  Thomas  Street,  Dublin,  "  because  for 
Conscience  sake  he  could  not  be  an  observer  of  Holidays  (so- 
called)  he  opened  his  Shop  on  the  25th  of  the  loth  month,  called 
Christmas  day."     For  this  he   "had  his  house  assaulted  by  a 

•  Oement's  First  SetlUrs  of  Nnvton,  47-56. 
'Judge  Clement's  I'irU  Settlers  in  Ne-uitoit,  67-70. 

*Jlii<i.,  the  author's  corrected  copy.  (Hist.  Soc.  of  Pcnn'a. )  Type- 
written note  inserted  at  page  70. 

*  Sec  Judge  Clemenl's  I'irst  Settlers  of  Newton,  283-291. 
'  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  205 


Ii'isJi  ^takers  of  Newton  387 

rude  multitude,"  who  with  great  violence  threw  dirt  and  stones 
into  "his  Shop,  endangering  his  Life  and  his  Families  ;  spoyled 
Shop-goods,  broke  Glass-windows  and  Pewter  vessels,  abused  their 
Neighbours  for  reproving  them  ;  the  said  Mark  was  damnified  " 
16  s.  6d. 

Mark  Newby  set  out  for  New  Jersey,  in  the  latter  part  of  1681, 
in  Ye  Owners  Adventure  and  settled  at  Newton,  the  first  Friends' 
meetings  being  held  at  his  house.  In  the  political  affairs  of  New 
Jersey  he  took  a  prominent  part  and  filled  several  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  At  the  May  term  of  the  Legislature,  in 
1682,  he  appeared  as  a  member,  and  was  selected  by  the  Gover- 
nor as  one  of  his  Council.  He  was  made  one  of  the  Land  Com- 
missioners and  one  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  to  raise 
money  for  the  use  of  the  government.  He  died  probably  early 
in  1683,  for  at  the  May  term  of  the  Legislature  in  1683  he  is 
mentioned  as  deceased. 

As  far  as  ascertained,  he  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters  : 
Rachel,  m.  Isaac  Decou.in  1695  ;  Stephen,  m.  Elizabeth  Wood, 
in  1703;  Edward,  in  Hannah  Chew,  in  1706;  and  Elizabeth, 
m.  John  Hogg,  in  1 7 14. 

Hannah,  the  widow  of  Mark  Newbie,  married  James  Atkinson, 
in   1685.1 

Thomas  Thackara,  "stuff  maker,"  of  Dublin,  by  deed  of 
April  12,  1677,  in  conjunction  with  other  Friends,  pur- 
chased one  whole  share  of  West  New  Jersey. 
He  sailed  with  his  family  from  Dublin,  in  September,  1681,  in 
Ye.  Ouiners  Adventure,  and  settled  on  250  acres  at  Newton.  He 
became  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  settlement,  serving  as  a 
member  of  the  first  Legislature  that  sat  at  Burlington  to  frame  and 
adopt  laws  for  the  Province.  In  1682,  he  was  appointed  one  of 
the  Judges  of  the  Court  for  the  Irish  Tenth  and  served  until  1685, 
inclu-ive.  He  was  also  one  of  the  land  commissioners.  The  first 
Friends'  meeting  house  built  at  Newton  stood  upon  lands  con- 
veyed by  him  to  the  trustees  of  the  Society.  He  died  about  1702, 
letters  of  administration  on  his  estate  being  granted  in  that  year. 
His  first  wife  probably  died  after  his  settlement  here,  as  in  1689 
he  married  Hepzibah,  daughter  of  Francis  Eastlake. 

Children  were  :  Benjamin,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Cooper;  Thomas,  m.  (i)  Ann  Parker  and  (2)  Abigail  Bates; 
Hannah,  m.  John  Whitall  ;  Sarah,  m.  John  Eastlack  ;  and  Hep- 
zibah.' 

'  For  a  further  account  see  Judge  Clement's  First  Settlers  oj  Newton, 
37-46. 

*For  further  details  see  Judge  Clement's  First  Settlers  of  Newton,  57-66. 


388        hmnigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

John  Jarvis,  or  Jervis,'  a  Friend,  of  Roscore,  King's  County, 
Ireland,  with  his  son  Martin,  as  stated  in  the  deposition  of 
James  Parrock,  made  at  Philadelphia,  in  1751,  was  "  obliged 
to  fly  from  Ireland  [in  168.S]  with  as  much  haste  and  pri- 
vacy as  he  could  for  fear  of  being  massacred  by  the  Papists." 
He  came  to  New  Jersey  by  way  of  Boston  and  took  up  his 
residence  with  his  old  friend  George  Goldsmith,  of  Glou- 
cester, N.  J.,  where  he  remained  until  1691,  when  he  set- 
tled on  a  large  tract  of  land  which  he  had  purchased  at 
Cape  May.  He  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Cape 
May  County  in  1695,  1696,  and  1697.  In  1701,  he  re- 
turned to  Ireland.  He  had  five'  sons:  I.  Charles  Jarvis' 
(b.  about  1675  in  Ireland,  d.  in  London,  in  1739)  studied 
in  London  under  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  court  painter,  and 
became  a  celebrated  artist.  (He  was  a  friend  of  Pope,  the 
poet,  and  translated  Don  Quixote. — See  National  Diction- 
ary of  Biography,  XXIX.,  p.  354.  )  II.  John  Jarvis,  whoin 
1753,*  was  living  in  King's  County,  Ireland.  III.  Mathew, 
died  young.  IV.  Trevor,  died  young.  \'.  Martin  Jarvis, 
shoemaker,  b.  about  1675,  d.  1742,  says  Parrock,  settled  for 
a  time  in  Newton,  then  (jloucester  County,  N.  J.,  and  mar- 
ried in  i6g8,  Mary  Champion  (whose  father  John  Champion 
came  afterwards  from  Long  Island  and  settled  near  Glouces- 
ter). In  1705,  Martin  Jarvis  purchased  a  house  and  lot  on  2d 
Street,  between  Market  and  Chestnut  Streets,  Philadelphia, 
and  made  his  residence  there  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
His  daughter  Sarah  married  William  Sandwith,  an  Irish 
Friend,  of  Philadelphia,  and  became  the  mother  of  Eliza- 
beth (Sandwith)  Drinker  (wife  of  Henry  Drinker,  of  Phil- 
adelijhia,  one  of  the  Quaker  exiles  to  Virginia,  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution),  whose  diary, '  covering  the  period  1759- 
1807,  is  a  valuable  record  of  the  social  life  of  the  time. 

1  MS.  note  by  Judge  Clement  in  his  own  copy  of  his  First  Settlers  o 
Newton  (Hist.  Soc.  of  Pcnna. ),  148. 

*  Parrock  says  one  of  the  sons  was  bound  an  apprentice  in  Boston. 

'  Parrock  states  that  he  was  bound  an  apprentice  to  a  "  Limner ' '  ( artist) 
of  London. 

•William  Drinker's  sketch  of  the  Jarvis  family  written  in  1795  (Eliza- 
beth Drinker's  yoKrni;/,  3-4). 

^  Extracts  from  the  Journal  of  Elitahelh  Drinker,  1759-1807,  edited 
by  Henry  D.  liiddle,  Philadelphia,  18S9. 


Duck  Creek  MontJdy  Meeting  389 


DUCK  CREEK  (CAMDEN)  MONTHLY  MEETING, 
DELAWARE,   ETC. 

Established  in  1705. 

Mary  Mackee,  from  Cork,  Ireland,  received  12  Mo.  21, 
1708-9. 

Sarah  Hill,  from  Friends  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  re- 
ceived 3  Mo.  21,  1 7 1 1 . 

George  Plum,  received  9  Mo.  17,  171 2. 

"A  Friend  lately  from  Ireland  and  now  settled  at  Georges  Creek 
appeared  at  this  meeting  and  Signifyed  that  he  had  a  Certificate 
with  him  from  Friends  in  Ireland  and  since  he  came  into  Penn- 
sylvania He  swimming  in  a  Creek  with  his  Horse  his  said  Certi- 
ficate was  destroyed  by  the  water  and  riding  with  it  in  his  Pocket 
afterwards  sinch  which  Accident  he  has  produced  a  paper  under 
the  Hands  of  two  Friends  from  Bristol  in  Pennsylvania  who  de- 
clare they  saw  the  said  Certificate  which  this  Meeting  Receives." 

"  Gabriel  McCool  produced  a  Certificate  for  himself  and 
his  Brother  James  !NIaCool  fr  the  meeting  at  Dunglane  in 
the  County  of  London  Derry  in  Ireland  signed  by  Ten 
friends  in  behalf  of  the  said  Meeting."  Received  9  Mo. 
22,  1725. 

In  1717  John  McCool,  from  George's  Creek  and  Mary  Howie 
were  married.     Olivia  McCool  married  John  Hall,  in  1763. 

In  1731,  Thomas  Chalkley  (Journal.  25),  on  a  voyage  from  the 
Barbadoes  was  wrecked  at  Reedy  Island  in  the  Delaware,  and 
while  recovering  from  injuries  received  was  cared  for  at  the 
"  House  of  John  M'CooI,  who  with  his  Wife,  were  tender  in  their 
Care  and  Love  towards  me." 

Elizabeth  Robinson,  with  husband,  Francis  Robinson,  dated 
7  Mo.  12,  1752,  from  Ballycane  Meeting,  County  Wicklow, 
Ireland,  to  Wilmington  Monthly  Meeting,  Delaware;  they 
had  removed  some  years  before  (see  p.  93). 

In  1 668,  in  County  Armagh  Patrick  Robinson  for  tythes  had 
taken  from  him  "a  Tub,  a  Pot,  a  Frying-Pan,  and  a  Parcel  of 
Yarn,  being  most  of  what  was  in  the  House  worth  £1.  6s." — A 
Compendious  View,  78. 


3  go        hiwiigratioii  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

In  1672,  Francis  Robinson,  County  Armagh,  had  his  goods 
seized  for  tithes  {Slockda/i,  14).  In  1676,  in  County  Down, 
Francis  Robinson,  of  Segoe  Parish,  suffered  persecution  for  non- 
payment of  tithes. — Ibid.,  64. 

Thomas  Bkian,  son  of  William,  of  Waterford.  m.  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Kells,  of  Armagh,  Ireland.  Children  :  Mary  (b. 
8  Mo.  3,  1781),  Rebecca,  Thomas,  David,  Ann. — Records  of 
Wilmington  (Del.)  Monthly  Meeting. 

At  Richland  Monthly  Meeting,  Bucks  County,  10  Mo.  iS, 
1759,  Thomas  Stalford  produced  a  certificate  from  Ireland. 


SOME  EXTRACTS  FROM  RECORDS  OF  LURGAN 
MONTHl.Y  MEETING,  IRELAND,  ETC. 

Archibald  Bki.l,  tailor,  son  of  Archibald  Bell,  "of  Arkin- 
hoome  in  parish  Stablegarden,  shire  of  Jadforrest,"  Scotland,  and 
wife  Ann,  was  born  about  8  Mo.,  1620,  at  Arkinhoome,  and  was 
married  about  1648,  to  Ann,  daughter  of  Ale.xander  Yuruns,  of 
Arkinhoome.  Came  to  Ireland  in  1655.  Children:  Jare  (daugh- 
ter), b.  Arkinhoome,  7  Mo.  1649  '<  Archibald,  b.  same  place  9 
Mo.  1651  ;  John,  b.  circa  i  Mo.  1653,  at  "  Branton  of  gillslard," 
Co.  Cumberland,  England;  Mary,  b.  circa  i  Mo.,  1655,  at  "  dir- 
let  near  Markate  hill.  County  Armagh,"  Ireland  ;  Richard,  b. 
circa  g  Mo.  1657,  in  Parish  Ballyards,  Co.  Armagh  ;  Alexander, 
b.  9  Mo.  1659,  Parish  Lishley,  Co.  Armagh  ;  George,  b.  4  Mo. 
1662,  at  DrumtuUan.  Parish  Benbarb,  Co.  Armagh  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
4  Mo.,  1665,  at  Ballytullan,  Parish  Benbarb;  Sarah,  b.  3  Mo. 
1669,  at  Tarrahmoore,  Parish  Shankill,  Co.  Armagh. 

In  1681,  Archibald  Bell,  of  Parish  of  Magheramisk,  County 
Antrim,  had  his  goods  taken  for  tithes. — Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry 
of  Oppression,   169. 

In  1707,  after  attending  meeting  at  Monallen  [Moyallon  ?] 
William  Edmundson  says  in  his  foiinial,  288,  "After  this  Meet- 
ing we  went  to  see  Archibald  Bell,  he  being  very  old  and  feeble, 
and  having  walked  in  the  Truth  many  Years  ;  we  lodged  at  his 
House  one  Night,  and  the  next  Day  went  to  the  Meeting  at  Rich- 
ard Boyes',  and  so  to  Lisburn." 

One  Simon  Bell,  son  of  William  Bell,  of  Parish  of  Shankill, 
County  Armagh,  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Richard  Crooks,  of 
Kilmore,  said  Parish,  and  had  a  daughter  Jane,  b.  7  Mo.  20, 
1693. 


Extracts  from  Irish  Records.  39 1 

Alexander  Mathes,  blacksmith,  son  of  Hugh  Mathes  (of 
Donmurry,  Co.  Antrim)  and  wife  Jane,  was  born  circa  7  Mo. 
1648,  at  Donmiirry.  Removed  to  Lurgan  12  Mo.  9,  1668.  He 
was  married  8  Mo.  7,  1671,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Dorothy  Harding,  of  near  Makeralin,  Co.  Down.  Children  : 
John,  b.  I  Mo.  24,  1672,  at  Lurgan  ;  Jane,  b.  i  Mo.  10,  1674,  at 
Lurgan. 

Robert  Chambers,  son  of  Thomas  Chambers,  of  Mooresome, 
near  (iisbrough,  Yorkshire,  England,  and  wife  Jane,  was  born  in 
Moorsome,  9  Mo.,  1646.  Came  to  Ireland  in  1661,  and  was 
married  5  Mo.  9,  1673,  to  Jane,  daughter  of  Mark  Wright  and 
Ann,  his  wife,  of  Lygatory,  Parish  of  Shankill,  Co.  Armagh. 
Children;  John,  b.  6  Mo,  5,  1674,  at  Dromgora  ;  James,  b.  7 
Mo.  14,  1676,  at  Tanniferglasson. 

James  Greer,  son  of  Henry  Greer,  of  Newton,  Parish  of 
"Sheelbiller,"  Northumberland,  England,  and  Mary,  his  wife, 
was  born  at  Newton  circa  4  Mo.  1653.  Was  brought  to  Ireland 
"ye  same  year."  Ht.  was  married  6  Mo.  20,  1678,  to  Elinor, 
daughter  of  John  Rea  and  Elinor  his  wife,  of  Lissacurran,  Parish 
of  Shankill,  Co.  Armagh.  She  was  born  about  2  Mo.  25,  165-, 
at  Lissacurran.  Children  :  Henry,  b.  i  Mo.  5,  1681,  at  Lissa- 
curran ;  Mary,  b.  12  Mo.  7,  1685;  John,  b.  7  Mo.  9,  1688; 
Thomas,  b.  12  Mo.  i,  1690;    James,  b.  6  Mo.  18,  1693. 

,  Henry  Greer,  of  Lurgan,  and  Sarah  Henderson,  of  Dunclady, 
were  married  at  the  house  of  Katharine  Henderson,  widow,  in 
Dunclady,  5  Mo.  6,   1704. — Minutes  0/  Ulster  Province  Mlg. 

In  1673,  '"  County  Tyrone,  "Henry  Greer  had  taken  from 
him  for  Tithe  by  the  said  Edward  ['  Conrey  Tithmonger  for  the 
Dean  of  Ardmagh  ']  and  William  Dickson,  one  stook  of  Wheat, 
three  stocks  of  Rye,  seventeen  stocks  of  Oats,  fifteen  stocks  of 
Barly,  and  cut  one  yard  of  Hey  out  of  his  Stack,  being  but  eight 
yards  in  all  worth  one  pound. 

"  Afterwards  the  said  Edward  forceably  entered  the  said  Henry's 
Stackyard,  threw  down  a  Stack,  and  took  away  what  Corn  he 
pleased  ;  a  Son  of  Henrys  taking  one  of  their  Horses  by  the 
Bridle,  said,  he  could  find  in  his  heart  to  take  him  to  the  Pound, 
the  said  Edward  came  behind  him  and  kncck'd  him  down  with 
his  Sword  in  the  sheath,  and  the  same  day  afterwards  took  out 
of  his  Barn  what  Corn  he  pleased." — William  Stockdale,  A  Great 

Cry  of  Oppression,  30. 

James  Bradshaw,  son  of  William  Bradshaw,  of  Prestwaith 
Parish,  near  Manchester,  Lancashire,  England,  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  was  born  there  circa  4  Mo.,  1619.     Came  to  Ireland  as  a 


392         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

soldier  in  1649.  Was  married  10  Mo.  24,  1657,  to  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Patterson,  of  Carrickfergus,  and  Katherine,  his 
wife.      Had  ten  children,  as  recorded  in  Lurgan  records. 

RoBKRT  HooPF.s  [Hoopc]  "Son  of  John  Hoopes  of  Moorsom 
(neer  Gisbrough)  in  Yorkshire  in  England,  and  of  Isabell  his  wife, 
was  born  in  Moorsom  aforesd  "  8  Mo.  18,  1639.  "  He  came  to 
Ireland  Anno  dom  :  1660  being  a  tailor  by  trade.  About  the  be- 
ginning of  the  eight  moneth  Anno  dom  :  1663  he  took  to  wife 
Ellener  ye  daughter  of  John  Hodgkinson  and  of  An  his  wife  of 
Preston  in  Anderness  in  Lancashire  in  England  aforesd  who  was 
borne  in  the  Sd  towne  about  the  Anno  dom  1638  :  and  had  by  her 
Children  borne  as  followth  "  :  Ann,  b.  10  Mo.  22,  1664,  at  Lur- 
gan ;  John,  b.  10  Mo.  4,  1666,  at  Lurgan;  Abraham,  b.  11  Mo. 
14,  1668,  at  Lurgan. — Lurgan  Records. 

Robert  Hoop,  of  County  Armagh,  in  1671,  had  taken  from  him 
for  tithes,  barley,  flour,  oats,  and  hay. — Besse's  Sufferings  of  the 
Quakers,  \o\.  11. 

Robert  Hoope  and  Ann  Harding,  both  of  Lurgan,  were  mar- 
ried at  Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  9  Mo.  17,  1702. — Minutes  of 
Ulster  Province  Mtg. 

In  1680,  "  Robert  Hoop  and  George  Hodgen  having  a  shop  in 
Lurgin,  the  aforesaid  John  Weatherby  ["Priest"  of  Parish  of 
Shankill]  bought  some  Broad  cloth  and  other  things  of  the  said 
Robert  and  when  he  had  bargained,  pulled  Mony  out  of  his 
Pocket,  and  laid  his  hand  on  the  Counter  with  Mony  in  it,  and 
said,  '  Cast  up  what  it  comes  to,  and  I  will  pay  you  very  well  in 
your  hand,'  and  while  Robert  was  casting  it  up,  he  sent  away  the 
Taylor  with  the  Goods,  which  come  to  sixteen  shillings  and  a 
penny,  and  kept  all  for  small  Tithe,  and  other  things,  which  he 
called  Church-rights,  due  (as  he  said)  from  the  said  Robert 
and  George,  and  although  Robert  told  him  of  his  treacherous 
dealing  yet   he  went  away  and  paid  him  nothing." — Stockdale, 

Francis  Robson,  son  of  John  Robson,  of  Farebee,  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  wife  Elizabeth,  was  born  at  Farebee,  about  1607. 
When  but  young  he  was  brought  into  Ireland.  About  1634  he 
was  married  to  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Anderson,  of  Tanni- 
ferarbat.  Parish  of  Sego,  Co.  Armagh,  Ireland.  Children  :  John, 
b.  1650,  at  Hillsborough,  Co.  Down  ;  Catherine,  b.  1651,  at  Kill- 
warlin,  Co.  Down  ;  Joseph,  b.  1656,  at  Tanniferarbat  ;  Joan,  h. 
1653,  at  same  place  ;  Jacob,  b.  i  Mo.  i,  1663,  at  same  place.— 
Lurgan  Records. 


Extracts  from  Irish  Records  393 

William  Edmundsox,'  the  founder  of  Quakerism  in  Ireland, 
m.  in  1652,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stanford,  of  Braniley, 
Derbyshire,  England.  She  died  in  1691  and  he  m.  2d,  10  Mo. 
I,  1697,  at  Mountmelick  Meeting,  Ireland,  Mary  Strangman,  who 
died  in  1732.  Children:  Mary,  b.  1654,  at  Antrim,  m.  William 
Fayle  ;  William,  b.  1655,  at  Liirgan,  left  Friends;  Samuel,  b. 
1659,  at  Tineal,  near  Rosenallis  ;  Hindrance,  b.  1662,  at  Tineal, 
m.  Scale;  Susanna,  b.  1666,  at  Tineal,  m.  Eleazer  Shel- 
don ;  Anna,  b.  1669,  at  Tineal,  m.  Lawrence  Moore  ;  Trial,  b. 
1671,  d.  1722,  m.  in  1699,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Johnson. 

Children  of  Trial  and  Abigail  Edmundson,  all  born  at  Tineal  : 
William,  b.  1700,  d.  1705  ;  John,  b.  1701,  d.  1705  ;  Margaret,  b. 
1703,  d.  1705;  Caleb,  b.  1705;  Joshua,  b.  1705,  m.  in  1744 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Tobias  and  Elizabeth  Pirn  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
1707;  Abigail,  b.  1709;  William,  b.  1712,  m.  6  Mo.  6,  1750, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Roberts;  Samuel,  b.  17 14, 
m.  Elizabeth  Russell,  of  Dublin. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Edmundson  :  Elizabeth, 
William,  Thomas,  Abigail,  Hannah  (m.  Thomas  Harvey),  Sam- 
uel (m.  Elizabeth),  Joshua  (m.  in  1801,  Charlotte  Goff). — Data 
from  Jos /lu a  IVilliaut  Edmundson ,  a  Friend,  of  Dublin,  grandson 
of  Joshua  and  Charlotte  Edmundson. 

At  Ulster   Province  Meeting,  7  Mo.  27,  1695,    the    fol- 
lowing friends  were  appointed  to  visit  families  : 
Old  Castle. — Nicholas  Starky,  Thomas  Langbree. 
Charlemonf. — William  Whitesitt,  Robert  Greer. 
Ballyhagen. — Francis  Hobson,  John  Nicholson. 
Lur^^an. — Thomas  Wainwright,  Timothy  Kirk,  Richardson 

Mayson,  Alexander  Christy. 

Ballenderry. — John  Holding. 

Lisburn. — Thomas  Squire,  John  Combe. 

Antrim. — Thomas  Wilkinson,  John  Boyd. 

Grange.- — James  Greenwood,  Edward  Hudson. 

„   ,,  ^  Andrew  Melvin 

Ballymoney     ^^^^^^^,  ^^^^ 

Toberhead       ^^^^^^^  g^^^^^ 

Coleratne      J  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^ 

'  It  has  been  said  that  William  Edmundson's  brother  John  was  the  same 
John  Edmundson,  a  wealthy  Quaker  planter  who  resided  in  Talbot  County, 
Maryland,  as  early  as  1660;  but  this  cannot  be  correct  for  as  late  as  1679 
John  Edmundson  suffered  persecution  in  Queen's  County,  Ireland,  to  which 
he  had  removed  with  his  brother  William.— Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of 
Oppression,  245  ;  Rutty,  345  ;  Besse,  II.,  466,  468. 


394        Itnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

lo  Mo.  -50,  1699.  Friends  appointed  to  get  subscribers  for 
Barclay's  Apology:  Old  Caslle,  Balfyliaes,  and  Coothill,  John 
Freeman,  Merrick  King,  Thomas  Hutton,and  John  Bell ;  Car- 
rikferirus,  Mathias  Calvert;  Ballymoney,  James  Mooreand  Eli 
Crockett. 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  8  Mo.  3,  1702,  "Whereas 
there  is  one  George  Mento  who  professes  truth  lives  now  att 
Bryans  ford, and  being  about  to  undertake  Some  work  for  y=  Lady 
Dungannon  and  he  having  no  certificate  from  friends  concern- 
ing faithful  behaviour  in  truths  way,  and  friends  nott  being  as- 
sured of  his  honesty  &  punctuallity  this  meeting  therefore  thinks 
it  convenient  to  avoid  any  reproach  y'  may  happen  to  come  upon 
truth  by  him  do  appoint  Richard  Mercer  &  Thomas  Courtney  to 
acquaint  y«  Said  woman  y'  if  She  deal  with  trust,  or  putt  any 
confidence  in  him  it  may  be  upon  his  own  account,  and  not  upon 
account,  of  his  being  called  a  Quaker." 

At  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  3  Mo.  i,  1703,  Barclay's 
Apology  to  be  delivered  to  :  James  Starr  for  Old  Castle, 
John  Combs  for  Lisburn,  Sam'.  Wilkinson  for  Antrim,  Eli 
Crocket  for  Ballymoney,  Robert  Miller  for  Dunlady,  George 
Fox  for  Monallen,  Eli  Crocket  for  Coleraine,  Edward 
Hudson  for  Grange,  William  Whitsitt  for  Charlemont, 
William  Gray  for  Ballyhagen,  Richard  Boys  for  Ballinderry, 
John  Walker  for  Lurgan,  Mathias  Calvert  for  Carrickfergus. 

At  Ulster  Providence  Meeting,  3  Mo.  30,  1702,  "That 
friends  be  reminded  to  give  account  to  y'  next  meeting 
how  many  of  y*  book  called  y'  rise  and  progress  they  will 
take  each  friend  to  pay  for  what  he  takes,  which  being  re- 
turned are  as  follows:  Old  Castle — 3,  Thomas  Hutton  ; 
Charlemount — 10,  Wm.  Whitsitt;  Ballyhagen — 19,  Wil- 
liam Gray  ;  Lurgan — 26,  John  Robson  ;  Lisburn — 33, 
Rich''  Boyes  ;  Antrim — 7,  Thomas  Wilkcsson;  Grange — 4, 
Walter  Clark  ;  Ballymoney — 7,  Eli  Crockett ;  Coleraine — 
5,  William  Wyly  ;  Dunlady  and  Toberhead — 6,  Patrick 
Henderson  and  Rob' Miller.     Total,  115" 

THE   WRIGHT    FAMILY 

John  Wright  '  and  wife  Elizabeth,  from  Castleshane.  County 

'Sources  of  information:  Meeting  Records;  MS.  Chart  of  Wriglit 
t'amily,  made  aljout  1840,  l)y  General  William  Wieinian  Wright,  etc.  At 
Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  lo  Mo.  14,  1775,  one  Elizabeth  Wright  produced  a 
certificate  of  removal  from  Grange,  near  Charlemont,  Ireland. 


The  Wright  Family  395 

Monaghan,  Ireland,  had  settled  in  Menallen  Tup.,  York,  now 
Adams  County,  Pa.,  as  early  1748,  and  were  members  of  War- 
rinston  Monthly  Meeting.  A  certificate  for  John  Wright  and 
children,  directed  to  Sadsbury,  was  granted  at  New  Garden 
Monthly  Meeting,  Chester  County,  4  Mo.  28,  1746.  Their  daugh- 
ter daughter  Rachel,  as  stated  in  her  memorial'  "was  born  at 
Castleshane,^  in  Ireland,  in  the  year  1737,  and  removed  to 
Pennsylvania  with  her  parents,  John  and  Elizabeth  Wright,  who, 
after  some  years,  settled  in  York  County,  within  the  compass  of 
Warrington  monthly-meeting."  They  had  nine  children:  I. 
Mary;  II.  Samuel;  III.  Rachel;  IV.  Joseph;  V.  Alice;  VI. 
Benjamin  ;  VII.   John  ;   VIII.   Joel  ;   IX.   Jonathan. 

I.  Mary,  m.  5  Mo,  9,  1753,  at  Menallen  Friends'  Mtg.,  to  Sam- 
uel Hutton,  of  Menallen,  son  of  Joseph  Hutton,  deceased. 

II.  Samuel  Wright,  m.  9  Mo.  4,  1754,  at  Huntington  Friends' 
Meeting,  now  Adams  County,  Gertrude  Wierman,  daughter  of 
William  and  Gertrude  (Sietman)  Wierman.  He  died  probably 
about  or  prior  to  1 78 1,  and  she  married  secondly,  William  Fer- 
guson, widower,  of  Menallen.  She  died  in  1802,  having  had 
eight  children  by  her  first  husband,  Samuel  Wright,  as  follows  : 

I.  John  Wright,  m.  12  Mo.  12,  1 781,  at  Menallen  Friends' 
Meeting,  to  Ann  Griffith,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eve  Griffith, 
of  Menallen,  and  had  seven  children  :  Samuel,  Thomas,  Mary, 
William,  Ann,  John,  and  Rachel. 

(l.)  Samuel  Wright,  b.  9  Mo.  27,  1783,  m.  3  Mo.  28,  1804,  at 
Menallen  Mtg.,  Rebecca  Harris,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Re- 
becca Harris.  Children  :  Jacob,  Thomas,  Rebecca,  Barbara, 
Mary  Ann,  Nathan,  Melinda,  Ann,  and  Ruth  Anna. 

(2.)  Thomas  Wright,  b.  8  Mo.  6,  1784,  m.  Anna  Harris.  Chil- 
dren :  Israel,  Leah,  Lydia,  Lucy,  Harris,  Hanson,  Anna,  Julia, 
and  Isaac. 

(3.)  Mary  Wright,  b.  6  Mo.  5,  1786,  m.  5  Mo.  27,  1807,  at  Men- 
allen Mo.  Mtg.,  Jacob  Harris,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Harris. 
Children  :  John,  b.  10  Mo,  9,  1808  ;  Samuel,  b.  1 1  Mo.  25,  1810  ; 
Mary  Ann,  b.  12  Mo.  31,  1812  ;  Silas,  b.  2  Mo.  19,  1815  ; 
Rachel,  b.  Mo.  12,  1817  ;  Rebecca,  b.  9  Mo.  5,  1819  ;  Ellen,  b. 
10  Mo.  28,  1821  ;  William;  Benjamin. 

(4.)  William  Wright,  b.  12  Mo.  21,  1788,  d.  10  Mo.  25,  1865, 
m.  Phebe  Wierman,  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  (Griest) 
Wierman,  at  Huntington  Mtg.,  11   Mo.  7,  1817.     She  was  born 

■  A  Testimony  from  Pipe  Creek  Mo.  Mtg.,  Md.,  concerning  Rachel, 
wife  of  William  Farquhar,  Jr. — A  Collection  of  QuaJker  Memorials,  printed 
at  Phila.,  in  1787,  page  388. 

'A  Friends'  meeting  was  established  at  Castleshane,  1723. — Rutty,  343. 


396         Immigration  of  tlie  Irish  Quakers 

2  Mo.  8,  1790,  and  d.  i  Mo.  30,  1873.  They  were  both  buried 
near  their  ancestors,  in  the  graveyard  at  Huntington  Friends' 
Meeting  House,  near  York  Springs,  Adams  Co.,  Pa.  William 
Wright  and  his  wife  were  probably  the  most  active  and  prom- 
inent agents  of  the  Underground  Railroad  in  Adams  County,  and 
hundreds  of  slaves  fleeing  from  southern  masters  found  rest  and 
shelter  in  their  hospitable  home  until  forwarded  over  the  Under- 
ground Railroad  to  the  promised  land  of  Canada.  Two  interest- 
ing oil  paintings  of  William  and  Phebe,  his  wife,  are  (1902)  in 
possession  of  the  only  surviving  child,  Mrs.  Annie  Phillips,  of 
Lancaster,  Pa.  Children  :  General  William  Wierman  Wright, 
b.  7  Mo.  27,  1824,  d.  3  Mo.  9,  1882,  unmarried,  buried  beside 
his  parents  ;  Mrs.  Rachel  W.  Day,  d.  1901  ;  Mrs.  Hannah  Mif- 
flin, d.  1901  ;  Mrs.  Annie  Phillips. 

(5.)  Ann,  b.  3  Mo.  4,  1791. 

(6.)  John,  b.  4  Mo.  8,  1793. 

(7.)  Rachel,  m.  John  Farquhar.  Children  :  Augustus,  Sarah, 
Ann,  Angeline,  and  Caroline. 

2.  J-fantiah,  d.  unmarried. 

3.  Rachel,  m.  6  Mo.  13,  1 781,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  James 
Hodgson,  son  of  John  and  Martha  Hodgson,  of  Berkley  Co., 
Va.     Child  :  James. 

4.  William  Wright,  m.  Agnes  Tanger.  Children  :  Agnes  and 
Margaret. 

5.  Jesse,  m.  first,  Alice  Hammond,  and  had  one  child,  Samuel  ; 
m.,  secondly,  Catharine  Davis,  and  had  one  child,  Jesse  (m. 
Elizabeth  Mantz.     Children  :   Eliza  and  Jane). 

6.  Benjamin  Wright,  m.  first,  Hannah  Hendricks.  Went  to 
Kentucky  and  married  a  second  time. 

7.  Samuel  Wright,  m.  Eve  Latchew.  Children  :  Hannah,  m. 
Nathan  Harris,  and  removed  to  Salem,  Ohio  ;  Jane,  m.  Daniel 
Minnich  ;  William  ;  Jesse,  m,  Susanna  Pittendorff. 

8.  Phebe,  m.  William  Ferguson. 

III.  Rachel,  born  in  1737,  at  Castleshane,  Ireland;  died  4  Mo. 
19,  1777  ;  m.  10  Mo.  31,  1759,  at  Menallen  Mtg.,  William  Far- 
quhar, Jr.  (b.  10  Mo.  II,  1735),  °^  l''P6  Creek,  Frederick,  now 
Carroll  Co.,  Md.,  son  of  William  and  Ann  (Miller)  Farquhar. 
She  became  a  minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Children  : 
Joel  and  James. 

IV.  Joseph  Wright,  m.  in  1761,  Mary  Farquhar,  daughter  of 
William  and  Ann.  Children  :  William,  Samuel,  Moses,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Rachel,  and  Susanna. 

V.  Alice,  m.  i  Mo.  29,  1766,  at  Menallen  Meeting,  Samuel 
Hendricks,  of  Menallen.  Children  :  Stephen,  Elizabeth,  and 
Hannah. 


The  Wright  Family  397 

VI.  Benjamin  Wright,  m.  5  Mo.  20,  1766,  at  York  Mtg., 
York  Co.,  Pa.,  Jane  Falkner,  daughter  of  Jesse  Falkner,  of  Hellam 
Township,  York  Co.     Children  : 

1.  Martha,  b.  8  Mo.  lo,  1767,  m.  Levi  Hutton.  Children  : 
Benjamin,  m.  Beulah  Harris  ;  Jane,  m.  Benjamin  Harris. 
(Children  :  Samuel,  Martha,  etc.);  Samuel  ;  Jesse. 

2.  John  ll'/ij^A/,  h.  g  Mo.  16,  1769,  m.  Susanna  Griest.  Chil- 
dren :  Daniel,  Benjamin,  Jesse,  Ann. 

3.  A/ice,  b.  II  Mo.  7,  1771,  d.  7  Mo.  1777. 

4.  Jesse,  b.  3  Mo.  30,  1774,  m.  in   Virginia. 

5     Elizabeth,  b.  7  Mo.  12,  1776,  d.  unmarried. 

6.  Alice,  h.  2  Mo.  16,  1779,  m.  David  McCreary.  Children: 
Benjamin,  Thomas,  David,  Jesse. 

7.  Samuel  B.  Wright,  m.  Elizabeth  Harvey.  Children  :  Wil- 
liam H.,  m.  Jane  Cook,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Way)  ; 
Martha  ;  Ann,  m.  Moses  Price  ;  Rebecca. 

8.  Benjatiiii!   JVright,  m.  Harvey. 

9.  Thomas  Wright,  m.  a  sister  of  Jesse's  wife. 

Vn.  John  Wright,  b.  1739  o""  i74o,  probably  at  Castleshane, 
Ireland  ;  d.  6  Mo.  29,  1820  ;  m.  9  Mo.  30,  1767,  at  Menallen  Mtg., 
Elizabeth  Hammond,  daughter  of  John  and  Deborah  Hammond. 
She  was  born  in  1749  or  1750;   d.  7  Mo.  23,   1824.      Children: 

1.  Deborah,  b.  6  Mo.  23,1768  ;  m.  Jonathan  Potts.  Children: 
John,  etc. 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  4  Mo.  15,  1770;  d.  12  Mo.  24,  1S46  ;  m. 
Jacob  Koch.     Children:  John,  Jacob,  Ruth  (m.  John  Blake). 

3.  Ruth,  b.  2  Mo.  2,  1772  ;  m.  Thomas  Hammond.  Child, 
Elizabeth  m.  Eli  Thomas,  and  lived  in  Salem,  Ohio. 

4.  Sarah,  b.  5  Mo.  4,  1774  ;  m.  George  Wilson.  Children  : 
William;  Mary  Wierman  ;  Benjamin  m.  Susan  Wierman  ;  Ruth 
m.  James  Wills  and  had  two  children  (the  late  Judge  David  Wills, 
of  Gettysburg,  and  Ruth,  m.  Walhay)  ;  John. 

5.  Rachel,  b.  8  Mo.  6,  1777. 

6.  William  Wright,  b.  9  Mo.  29,  1778,  d.  3  Mo.  8,  1853,  m. 
Rachel  Thomas.  Children  :  Abel  ;  Ellen,  m.  George  Hewitt  ; 
Thomas,  m.  Charlotte  Stewart  ;  Isaac,  m.  Sarah  Garretson  ;  Eliza- 
beth ;   Susanna. 

7.  Samuel,  b.  4  Mo.  7,   1781. 

8.  John  Wright,  b.  4  Mo.  28,  1782;  d.  12  Mo.  20,  i860; 
m.  10  Mo.  24,  1804,  Alice  Wilson.  Children  :  Sarah,  m.  Enos 
McMillan,  son  of  Jacob  and  Ruth  (Griffith)  ;  George,  m.  Lucy 
Wright  ;  Joel  ;  Eliza,  m.  Jacob  B.  Hewitt  ;  Ruth  ;  Jane  ;  Charles 
S.,  m.  9  Mo.  30,   1846,  Hannah  G.  Penrose. 

9.  Nathan  Wright,  h.  g  Mo.  28,  1784,  d.  10  Mo.  4,  1853,  m. 
Elizabeth  Harris,   10  Mo.  24,  1810.     Children  :  Elijah,  m.  Mary 


398         hnmigratio^i  of  the  Irisli  Quakers 

;    Maria;    Hiram    S.,    m.    Alice   Garretson  ;    Ruthanna  ; 

Lydia  ;  John,  m.  Mary  Nebinger. 

10.  Mary,  b.  8  Mo.  2,  1790,  d.  10  Mo.  i,  1844,  m.  Daniel 
Davis.      Children  :   Uriah  and  Franklin. 

VIII.  Joel  Wright  m.  Elizabeth  Farquhar,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Ann.     Children  : 

1.  Allai   Wright,  m.  Ellicott. 

2.  Ann,  m.  Joseph  Elgar.  Two  daughters :  Elizabeth  and 
Margaret. 

3.  Jonathan  Wright,  m.  Mary  Hatenian.  Children  :  Mahlon, 
Aaron,  Josiah,  Hannah  (m.  Dr.  Plummer). 

4.  Rachel,  m.  Joseph  Hibberd. 

5.  Israel  Wright,  m.  Leah  Ferree,  of  Lancaster  County.  Chil- 
dren :  Oscar  and  Isaac. 

6.  Elizabeth,  m.  Jarrett  Cowman. 

IX.  Jonathan  Wright,  m.  5  Mo.  16,  1770,  Susanna  (Griffith, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Griffith,  deceased,  and  Eve,  his  wife.  Re- 
moved to  Ohio  in  1801,  and  finally  settled  at  I'oplar  Ridge,  Fay- 
ette Co.,  Ind.  Children  :  Thomas,  agent  to  the  Cherokee  Indians 
in  Mississippi  ;  Rachel,  m.  Benjamin  Farquhar  ;  Elizabeth,  m. 
John  Shaw  ;  Mary  ;  Jonathan,  m.  Susan  Jones  ;  Joel  ;  Phebe,  m. 
Oliver  Mathews  ;  Susanna  ;  Rebecca. — See  Friends  Intelligencer 
for2Mo.  29,  1896,  Vol.  LIIL,  pp.;  Literary  Era,  Vol.  VII.,  125. 

THE   FARQUHAR    FAMILY 

Allen  Farquhar,  who  was  not  a  Friend,  came  from  Ireland, 
and  in  1725  and  1726  was  a  resident  taxable  in  Chester  County, 
Pa.,  as  of  New  Garden  Township.  After  this  he  removed  to  Pipe 
Creek,  now  Carrol  County,  Md.  His  son  William,  b.  in  Ireland 
7  Mo.  29,  1705.  d.  at  Pipe  Creek  9  Mo.  21,  1778,  remained  in 
Chester  County  for  some  time,  and  became  a  member  of  New 
Garden  Mo.  Mtg. ,  where  he  married,  2  Mo.  19,  1733,  Ann  Miller, 
daughter  of  James  and  Katharine  (Lightfoot)  Miller,  also  from  Ire- 
land (see  pages  356-7).  In  1735  they  removed  to  Pipe  Creek,  tak- 
ing a  certificate  of  removal  to  Hopewell  Mo.  Mtg.,  in  Virginia, 
and  settled  near  where  the  town  of  Union  Bridge,  Carrol  County, 
Md.,  now  stands,  on  land  conveyed  to  him  by  his  father,  with 
the  provision  that  he  was  to  move  from  ' '  ye  province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania  to    ye    province  of   Maryland,"    and    occupy    the    same. 

William  Farquhar  was  influential  in  establishing  the  Friends' 
Meeting  at  Pipe  Creek,  the  meetings  for  the  first  few  years  being 
held  at  his  house.  Children  of  William  and  Ann  Farquhar : 
James,  b.  1733;  William,  b.  10  Mo.  11,  1735,  f".  (1)  Rachel 
Wright  and  (2)  Mary  liaily  ;  Allen,  b  10  Mo.  16,  1737,  m.  Phebe 
Hibberd  ;  Mary.  b.  11  Mo.  22,  1739,  m.  Joseph  Wright  ;  George, 


The  McMillan  Family  399 

b.  6  Mo.  9,  1742  ;  Samuel,  b.  5  l\Io.  8.  1745,  m.  Phebe  Yarnall  ; 
Elizabeth,  b.  6  Mo.  13,  1748,  m.  Joel  Wright  ;  Moses,  b.  11  Mo. 
3,   1750;   Susanna,  b.  9  Mo.   1753,  m.  Solomon  Shepherd. 

.Allen  Farquhar,  another  son  of  Allen  the  emigrant,  died  1 2 
Mo.  12,  1800  in  his  8ist  year,  and  Sarah  his  wife  7  Mo.  4,  1829, 
in  her  97th  year.  They  had  seven  children  :  Thomas,  b.  1 1 
Mo.  16,  1751,  m.  Hannah  Edundson  ;  Sarah  b.  11  Mo.  13, 
1753  ;  William,  b.  12  Mo.  24,  1755  ;  Rachel,  b.  2  Mo.  7,  1764  ; 
Robert,  b.  7,  Mo.  13,  1766;  Mary,  b.  11  Mo. "6,  1769;  Samuel, 
b.  9  Mo.  31,  1772. — Cope,  Genealogy  of  tlie  Sharpless  Family, 
202—3. 

THE   McMILL-AN   FAMILY 

"Thomas  McMullen  of  Grange  meeting  in  County  of  Antrim 
&  Deborah  Marsh"  [daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers) 
Marsh]  of  [Grange]  meeting  [near  Charlemont,  County  Ar- 
magh, Ireland]  "were  married  near  Charlemount  on  y":  loth  day 
of  y=  —  1727  as  by  certificate  may  appear." — Minutes  of  Ulster 
Province  Meeting,  Ireland. 

Thomas  Mc^Iillan  seems  to  have  lived  for  some  years  within 
the  limits  of  Ballinacree  Meeting,  near  Ballymoney,  County 
Antrim  ;  then  in  1738  or  1739  he  removed  with  his  wife  Deborah 
and  children  to  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  near  his  father-in-law, 
Joshua  Marsh,  in  East  Nantmeal  Township,  Chester  County.  On 
his  arrival  he  produced  the  foll6wing  certificate  of  removal  to 
Goshen  IVIonthly  Meeting  (8  Mo.   15,  1739): 

"  From  our  men's  meeting  held  in  Ballanacree  the  6th  of  ye  3 
mo.  1738  To  friends  in  Pro:  Pennsylvania  or  elsewhere  in  them 
parts  Lo  friends  we  hereby  acquaint  &  Certify  you  that  Thomas 
McMollin  his  Wife  and  Family  lived  within  the  Compass  of  our 
Meeting  for  several  Years  and  always  Behaved  themselves  pretty 
orderly  for  anything  known  to  us  &  leaveth  this  in  unity  with  us 
&  free  of  Debts  a  man  Sc  woman  of  a  Good  Report  and  Pretty 
well  beloved  both  by  friends  and  others  and  so  Concludes  with 
desires  that  you  will  be  pleased  to  afford  them  Such  Councel  & 
advice  in  the  further  Conduct  of  their  Life  as  the  Lord  may 
Enable  you  with  all  ;  Signed  in  and  on  behalf  of  said  Meeting  by 
James  Moore  John  Sterling 

Thomas  Ervin  Willm  Moore 

Benj.  Boyd  George  Gregg 

William  Gregg  Sams°  Courthey 

John   Hunter  Willm  Moore  "  ' 

Willm  McMollin 

'  Recorded  in  Goshen  Mo.  Mtg.  Book  of  Removals,  p.  56,  Goshen  Mo. 
Mtg.  Records,  at  Friends'  Library,  142  North  Sixteenth  Street,  Philadel- 
phia. 


400        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

About  1749  or  1750  he  went  with  his  family  to  York  County, 
and  settled  on  a  tract  of  193^-^  acres  of  land  called  Adington, 
in  Warrington,  now  Washington,  Township,  granted  by  the 
Penn  Proprietors  by  warrant  dated  May  29,  1749.'  He  died  in 
9  Mo.,  1753,  and  was  buried  in  the  burial  ground  at  Warrington 
Friends'  Meeting  House,  near  the  present  village  of  Wellsville. 
Letters  of  administration  on  his  estate  were  granted  Aug.  8,  1754, 
to  his  widow,  Deborah  McMillan.  She  died  9  ;\lo.  22,  1764,  and 
was  buried  beside  her  husband  Their  graves  lie  in  the  McMillan 
row  at  Warrington,  and  although  it  was  contrary  to  the  rules  of 
discipline  obtaining  in  the  Society  of  Friends  at  that  time,  the 
graves  were  carefully  marked  by  thin,  neatly-cut  sandstones, 
scarcely  a  foot  in  height,  which  still  remain  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation,  and  if  one  kneels  and  scrapes  away  the  moss  and 
lichens  which  have  grown  over  the  stones  he  may  read  the  in- 
scriptions : 

9  M  9  M 

1753  1764 

TX  M  D  X  M 

Thomas  and  Deborah  (Marsh)  McMillan  had  five  children  : 
I.  John,  II.  George,  III.  William,  IV.  Mary,  V.  Elizabeth. 

I.  John  McMillan,  as  his  son  James  states  in  his  Bible,  was 
born  in  1728,  in  Co.  Antrim,  Ireland  ;  died  9  Mo.  17,  1791,  and 
was  buried  in  Friends'  burial  ground  at  Warrington  Meeting 
House  ;  was  married  5  Mo.  4,  1756,  at  Sadsbury  Meeting,  Lan- 
caster County,  Pa.,  to  Jane,  widow  of  Josejih  Green,  of  Sadsbury, 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (Bell)  Boyd.  She  was  born  in 
1728  in  Co.  Antrim,  Ireland,  died  5  Mo.  12,  1782,  and  lies  buried 
beside  her  second  husband  at  Warrington.  After  the  death  of  his 
first  wife  John  McMillan  was  married,  7  Mo.  15,  17S4,  at  War- 
rington Friends'  Meeting,  to  Joanna,  widow  of  William  Griffith, 
of  Warrington,  and  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Craig.  Joanna 
died  4  Mo.  21,  1794,  and  was  buried  at  Warrington.  Children 
of  John  McMillan,  all  by  his  first  wife  Jane  : 

1.  Abigail  McMillan,  b.  4  Mo.  18,  1757,  in  Warrington,  York 
County  Pa.,  m.  in  1776,  William  Whinery,  son  of  Robert  and 
Isabel.  Removed  to  near  Salem,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio. 
Children  :  Robert,  John,  Thomas,  William,  James,  George,  Jane, 
Zimri,  Sarah,  and  Abigail. 

2.  Sarah,  b.  3  mo.  3,  1760,  d.  i  Mo.  25,  1790. 

'  See  Patent  Deed,  granted  to  his  son  George  McMillan,  Dec.  5 . 
1771,  by  Thomas  and  John  Penn.  Patent  Book  AA,  Vol.  13,  Dept.  of  In- 
ternal Affairs,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


The  McMillan  Family  401 

3.  Thomas  McMillan,  b.  5  Mo.  14,  1762,  d.  4  Mo.  12,  1831; 
buried  at  Warrington;  m.  10  Mo.  11,  1 791,  at  West  Grove  Friends' 
Meeting,  Chester  County,  Pa.,  Ruth  Moore,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Jane  (Marsh)  Moore  (see  Andrew  Moore  and  his  Decendants). 
She  was  born  i  Mo.  33,  1763;  d.  4  Mo.  11,  1846,  and  was  buried 
in  Friends'  burial  ground.  Short  Creek,  Jefferson  County,  Ohio. 
Children  :  Joseph,  Jacob,  Maria,  and  Mahlon. 

4.  John  McMillan,  b.  1766;  d.  3  Mo.  16,  1838;  buried  at 
West  Grove,  Harrison  County,  Ohio  ;  m.  first,  1787,  to  Esther 
Griffith,  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  (Craig)  Griffith.  She 
was  born  i  Mo.  13,  1766,  in  Warrington  Twp.,  York  County, 
Pa.;  d.  6  Mo.  7,  1818  ;  buried  at  West  Grove,  Harrison  County, 
Ohio.  They  removed  from  Warrington,  York  County,  Pa.,  to 
Short  Creek  Meeting,  Ohio,  in  1804.  John,  m.  secondly  to  Alice 
Barnard.  Children,  all  by  first  wife  ;  Jane,  Ruth,  Joanna,  Sarah, 
Amos,  John,  James,  Griffith,  Elisha,  Jesse,  and  Maria.         ^ 

5.  James  McMillan,  b.  9  Mo.  4,  1768,  in  Warrington  Twp., 
York  County,  Pa.  ;d.  I.  Mo.  7.  1856,  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard, 
Harrisville,  Harrison  County,  Ohio.;  m.  3  Mo.  21,  1798,  in  York 
County,  Pa,  to  Mary  Griffith,  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna 
(Craig)  Griffith.  She  was  born  3  Mo.  16,  1771,  in  Warrington 
Twp.  ;  d.  I  Mo.  8,  1856  ;  buried  in  same  ground  as  her 
husband. 

James  McMillan,  as  he  records  in  his  diary,  learned  the  hatting 
trade  in  youth  and  followed  that  occupation  for  thirty  years.  For 
three  years  he  kept  a  tavern  and  store  in  York  County;  then, 
about  1803,  he  removed  with  his  wife  and  settled  in  Harrison 
Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  followed  various  callings  :  milling,  farming, 
surveying,  and  conveyancing.  For  two  years  he  served  as  Sena- 
tor in  the  State  Legislature  of  Ohio.  Children  :  Uriah  ;  Edith, 
m.  JohnGwynn,  in  1819  ;  Asa,  m.  Mary  Kelly,  in  1827  ;  Gulielma 
Maria,  m.  her  brother-in-law,  John  Gwynn,  in  1830  ;  Ira  James, 
m.  Ann  Christy,  in  1847  ;  Myra,  m.  Joseph  Crawford,  in  1831  ; 
Joanna  ;  Sarah,  m.  Joshua  P.  Watson. 

II.  "George  McMillan  Son  of  Thomas  and  Deborah  McMil- 
lan born  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1732  The  2d  day  of  the  4th 
Month  About  [record  torn]  Noone  and  i8th  of  the  Moons  age,"  ' 
probably  in  County  Antrim,  Ireland.  Hedied7  Mo.  11,  1795,  in 
Warrington,  now  Washington  Township,  York  County,  and  is 
buried  in  Friends'  burial  ground  at  Warrington,  York  County,  where 
his  and  his  wife's  inscribed  gravestones  are  still  to  be  seen.     Ac- 

'  According  to  the  record  in  his  family  Bible,  "  Printed  by  Alexander 
Kincaid  His  Majesty's  Printer  MDCCLXII,"  now  (1902)  in  possession  of 
a  descendant,  Elmira  J.  Cook,  Flora  Dale,  Adams  Co.,  Pa. 

26 


402 


Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


cording  to  his  marriage  certificate*  "  George  McMillan  of  War- 
rington in  the  County  of  York  and  Province  of  Pencilvania  Son  of 
Thomas  McMillan  Deceased  and  Ann  Hinshaw  of  Manahon  in 
the  County  and  Province  aforesd  Daughter  of  Jacob  Hinshaw" 
[and  wife  Rebecca  Mackey]  were  married  lo  Mo.  5,  1758,  in  a 
Friends'  Meeting  at  Warrington  Meeting  House,  York  Co.,  Pa. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  the  signers  to  the  certificate  : 


Anne  Hussey 
Sarah  Underwood 
Ruth  Underwood 
Hannah  neviiit 
Susannah  Ward 
cHseth  SIoss 
Ann  t'ollins 
mary  Collins 
ann  Cook  _ 


William  Ward 
Abruham  GrilTith 
Eneas  Foulk 
Jesse  Cook 
John  mcadams 
John  Collins 


Alexander  Underwood 
William  Garretson 
Peltt-r  Cook 
William  Underwood 
William  GrilTith 
William  Ncvitt 
Robert  Vale 
John  Sharp 
peter  cook 
John  hill 
Chas  Horseman 
Eli  Horseman 
Richard  Ross 


(iKORGB  McMILl-AN 

Ann  MoMullan 


Jacob  Hinshaw 
Deborah  m'-'millan 
John  m'^millan 
William  mcmillan 
Peter  Marsh 
Jonathan  Marsh 
Margaret  Marsh 
"ohn  Marsh 
_  ean  mcmillan 
Thomas  Hinshaw 


i 


Ann,  wife  of  George  McMillan,  was  born  3  Mo.  18,  1739,  '" 
Co.  Armagh,  Ireland;  died  i  Mo.  2g,  181  5. 

After  the  death  of  his  mother,  George  McMillan  took  the  farm, 
"  His  Brothers  &  Sisters"  releasing  their  shares  by  deed  of  Oct. 
28,  1765.  Although  the  land  was  granted  by  warrant  to  his  father 
in  1749,  George  McMillan  did  not  receive  a  patent  until  Dec.  5, 
1771,  when  the  tract  is  described  as  193 >^  acres,  called  Adington, 
in  the  Manor  of  Maske,  Warrington  Township,  York  County,  the 
several  courses  being  as  follows  :  beginning  at  a  black  oak.  cor- 
ner of  Peter  Cleaver's  land,  thence  by  the  same  and  Baltzer 
Smith's  land,  S.  42°,  W.  179  P.  toa  white  oak  ;  then  by  William 
Garretson's  and  John  Underwood's  land  S.  23°,  E.  218  P.  to  a 
marked  white  oak  ;  then  by  Samuel  Morthland's  land,  N.  27°,  E. 
165  P.  to  a  white  oak  ;  thence  by  Jonathan  Marsh's  land  N.  82°, 
W.  20  P.  to  a  white  oak  ;  N.  35°,  E.  22  P.  to  a  stone  ;  N.  E. 
118  P.  to  a  white  oak  ;  thence  by  Mine  Bank  N.  46°,  W.  28  P. 
to  a  stone  ;  thence  by  Jacob  Brindley's  land,  S.  43°,  W.  55  P.  to 
stones  for  a  corner  ;  N.  30°,  W.  1 19  P.  to  place  of  beginning. 

Abstract  Will  of  George  McMillan,  of  Warrington  Town- 
ship, York  County,  Pcnn'a,  "being  Sick  and  weak  in  body  but 
of  sound  disposing  Mind  and  Memory.  "  Dated  7  Mo.  6,  1795  ; 
probated  Aug.  7,  1795. 

Impnnis. — Just  debts  and  funeral  expenses  to  be  paid. 


'  Recorded  in  Warrington  Marriage  Book,  page  2g.  The  original  MS. 
is  in  the  possession  of  a  descendant,  Mrs.  Emma  Wickersham  Pyle,  720 
N.  Fair  Oaks  Ave.,  Pasadena,  Cal. 


The  McMillan  Family  403 

Item. — To  "my  Son  George  McMillan  my  Plantation  and 
Tract  of  Land  on  Beaver  Creek  in  Warrington  Township  afore- 
said (Excepting  a  Grist  Mill  and  Saw  Mill  and  Mill  Seat  with  a 
Lot  of  Ground  including  the  Same)." 

Item. — To  son  Thomas  McMillan  said  grist  mill  and  saw  mills 
on  land  adjoining  William  How  and  Abraham  Griffith  [at  the  foot 
of  Round  Top]. 

Item. — "  I  give  and  devise  my  present  dwelling  plantation  to 
my  two  Sons  Jacob  McMillan  and  Joseph  McMillan,"  etc. 

Item.  — "  My  tract  of  Land  in  Monaghan  Township  to  my  four 
daughters,  Rebekah,  Ann,  Deborah  and  Mary." 

Item. — "  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Ann  Mc- 
Millan two  Beds,  &  bedding  her  choice  and  a  case  of  drawers  and 
as  much  of  my  household  and  Kitchen  goods  and  furniture  as  She 
Shall  Choose,"  ten  bushels  of  wheat  and  £20  yearly,  "  the  West- 
ern end  of  my  Dwelling  house  including  a  room  and  Kitchen  for 
her  use  during  her  Natural  life,  and  also  a  pipe  Stove  for  Said 
room  and  also  a  Sufficient  quantity  firewood  drawed  to  her  door 
&  made  ready  for  immediate  use  by  my  said  Sons  Jacob  and 
Joseph  ...  it  is  my  Will  that  the  Stove  in  the  mill  at  Beaver 
Creek  be  brought  to  my  present  Dwelling  house  and  put  in  place 
of  the  one  given  to  my  Said  Wife." 

Item. — Son  Joseph  to  be  sent  to  school  and  to  "  unite  with  my 
Son  Jacob  in  labouring  and  farming  my  present  dwelling  planta- 
tion." Wife  to  receive  the  "profits  of  my  Said  plantation  until 
my  Son  Jacob  arives  to  the  Age  of  twenty  one  Years  and  that 
then  my  Said  Wife  do  receive  one  half  of  said  profits,  and  my 
Said  Son  Jacob  the  other  half  until  my  Said  Son  Joseph  arives  to 
the  Age  of  Twenty  one  Years." 

Item. — To  sons  Jacob  and  Joseph  "my  Bay  and  Gray  horses, 
and  my  two  Year  old  Yearling  Colts  to  enable  them  to  farm  my  Said 
plantation  "  ;  also  "  my  Waggon,  plows,  harrow  and  horse  Geers." 

/to«.—Todaughter  Ann  "my  young  Gray  mare.  Saddle  &  bridle." 

Item. — To  son  Thomas  "my  Spring  Colt  and  one  Cow  which 
is  at  Beaver  Creek." 

Item. — After  daughters  have  received  in  all  £\  50  remainder  of 
estate  to  be  divided  equally  "  among  my  Eight  children." 

Item. — To  "my  Said  Wife  my  old  gray  mare.  One  Cow  and 
her  Saddle." 

^rtr  !</o?-j.- Wife  Ann,  son-in-lawJosephGarretson, and  sonGeorge. 

Witnesses:  ElihuUnderwood.JesseUnderwood, William Hinshaw. 

Children  of  George  and  Ann  (Hinshaw)  McMillan,  born  in 
Warrington,  now  Washington,  Township,  York  County  : 

I.  Rebecca  McMillan,  b.  7  Mo.  7,  1759,  d.  12  Mo.  14,  1814, 
m.  10  Mo.  12,  1779,  at  Warrington   Meeting,  to  Joseph  Garret- 


404        hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

son,  of  Newberry,  York  County,  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Carson). 
He  was  born  7  Mo.  28,  1759.  Children  :  Ann,  John  I.  (m.  Ann 
Pierce),  George (m.  (i)  Lydia  Wickcrsham  and  (2)  Ann  Griffith), 
Joseph  (m.  Maria  McMillan),  Sarah  (m.  John  Thomas),  Rebecca 
(m.  John  Wickersham),  Jane,  and  Elijah  (m.  (i)  Ann  Nichol  and 
(2)  Ann  Prowell). 

2.  George  McMillan,  b.  5  Mo.  26,  1763,  d.  5  Mo.  24,  1846, 
buried  in  Friends'  ground  at  Warrington,  m.  (i)  11  Mo.  6,  1792, 
at  West  Grove  Friends'  Meeting,  Chester  County,  to  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Susanna  (Dunn)  Cutler.  .She  died  4 
Mo.  14,   1816,  and   he   m.  (2)  2  Mo.,  1826,  to  Jane,   daughter  of 

Jacob  and (McClellan)   Laird.     She  was  born  7  Mo.  22, 

1792.  and  died  9  Mo.  i,  1862.  Children  by  first  wife  were  : 
George,  Eli,  Susanna  (m.  Edward  J.  Wickersham),  Amos,  Jesse, 
Elisha,  and  Anna.  Children  by  second  wife  were  :  Joseph,  John, 
William  (living  in  Marshall,  Mo.,  in  1902.) 

3.  Ann  McMillan,  b.  8  Mo.  21,  1766,  d.  2  Mo.  23,  1850,  m. 
6  Mo.  25,  1795,  at  Warrington  Meeting,  to  Willing  Griest,  son  of 
Willing  and  Ann  (Garretson)  Griest.  Resided  at  Warrington, 
York  County.  Children  :  Anne  (m.  Abner  Wickersham),  Amos 
(m.  Margaret  Garretson),  Edith,  Cyrus  (m.  Mary  Ann  Cook, 
daughter  of  Samuel.  Children  were:  Hiram,  George  M.,  Jane 
C,  Ann  M.,  Cyrus  S.,  Jesse  W.,  Maria  E.,  Elizabeth  M.,  and 
Amos  W.),  Mary  (m.  Josiah  Cook,  son  of  Henry),  Ruth  (m.  Wil- 
liam W.  Cook,  son  of  Isaac),  Josiah  (m.  Mary  Ann  Squibb). 

4  Deborah  McMillan,  b.  12  Mo.  6,  1768,  m.  (i),  10  Mo. 
'9.  1763.  William  Griffith,  son  of  William.  He  died  4  Mo.  21, 
1799,  and  she  m.  (2)  2  Mo.  13,  1806,  John  Vale,  son  of  Robert 
and  Sarah.  Removed  from  Warrington,  York  County,  to  Co- 
lumbiana County,  Ohio,  18 14.  Children  by  William  Griffith  : 
George,  Anne,  William,  Oliver,  and  Julia.  Children  by  John 
Vale  :   Deborah,  John,  Jacob,  and  Caroline. 

5.  Mary  .McMillan,  b.  2  Mo.  16,  1771  ;  d.  8  Mo.  8,  1827  ;  m. 
I  Mo.  29,  18 1 8,  William  Vale,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah.    No  issue. 

6.  Thomas  McMillan,  b.  10  Mo.  16,  1773,  d.  3  Mo.  28,  1843, 
m.  II  Mo.  15,  1798,  at  Warrington  Meeting,  Jane  Taylor,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Jane.  Removed  from  York  County  to  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.,  in  1808,  and  two  years  later  settled  in  Co- 
lumbiana County,  Ohio,  where  he  practiced  the  Thomsonian  system 
of  medicine.  Children  :  Taylor,  b.  10  Mo.  10,  1803,  d.  11  Mo. 
8,  1893,  m.  1834,  Sarah  Bell  (who  was  b.  6  Mo.  15,  1806,  d.  5 
Mo.  25,  1 90 1,  and  was  buried  besides  her  husband  in  Carmel 
Friends'  ground)  and  had  children  of  whom  one  is  Smith  liell 
McMillan,  of  Signal,  Ohio  ;  Jane,  m.  ist  Abel  Lee  Crawford  and 
2nd  John  Clay  ;  Ann  ;  Maria,  m.  Joseph  Bell  (had  a  son  Mark); 


The  McMillan  Family  405 

Ann.m.  William  Longshore  ;  Joseph,  m.  Hannah  Burt  ;  Eliza,  m. 
Adam  Siddall. 

7.  Jacob  McMillan.'  b.  6  Mo.  28,  1777,  d.  I  Mo.  1S33,  buried  in 
Friends'  ground  at  Warrington,  where  the  gravestones  of  him  and 
his  wife  may  yet  be  seen  ;  m.  1 2  Mo.  13,  1 79S,  at  Warrington  Meet- 
ing, Ruth,  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  (Craig)  Griffith.  She 
was  born  i  Mo.  22,  1770  and  died  3  Mo.  2,  1829.  He  succeeded 
to  his  father's  homestead  and  died  there.  Children  :  Enos  (m. 
Sarah  Wright  and  died  at  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  in  1890),  Ann 
(m.  Joseph  Leech,  and  died  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio,  in  1888), 
Cyrus  (m.  Sarah  Raney),  Edith  (d.  young),  Ruth  (b.  3  Mo.  3, 
1808,  d.  3  Mo.  23,  1887,  m.  9  Mo.  20,  1 83 1,  at  Warrington 
Meeting,  Jesse  Cook,  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Way)  Cook  ;  a 
daughter,  Sarah  A.,  married  John  T.  Myers),  George  (removed 
to  Baltimore  and  m.  Sarah  Dickinson  ;  a  daughter,  Emma  C, 
married  Edward  Duffy,  sometime  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Baltimore),  and  Rebecca  (d.  young). 

8.  Jane  McMillan,  b.  9  Mo.  29,  1780,  d.  11  Mo,  28,  1782. 

9.  Joseph  McMillan,  b.  10  Mo.  10,  17S2,  d.  3  Mo.  26,  1826, 
m.  5  Mo.  24,  1809,  at  Newberry  Meeting,  York  County,  to  Re- 
becca Garretson,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Alice.     No  issue. 

HE  William  McMillan,  son  of  Thomas  and  Deborah,  m. 
2  Mo.  20,  1760,  at  Nantmeal  Meeting,  Chester  County,  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Lydia  (Fell)  Holland,  of  East  Nantmeal 
Township.  Resided  in  Warrington  Township,  York  County. 
Children  were  : 

1.  Mary  McMillan,  b.  4  Mo.  20,  1761,  m.  (i)  12  Mo.  17, 
1789,  at  Warrington  Meeting,  James  Miller,  of  Newberry  Town- 
ship, York  County,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  (McClung)  Miller  ; 
m.  (2)  Joseph  Baxter,  in  1806.  Removed  to  Miami,  Ohio,  in 
1806. 

2.  Thomas  McMillan,  b.  4  Mo.  22,  1763,  m.  2  Mo.  12,  1794, 
at  Newberry  Meeting,  Jane  Jones,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Con- 
tent (Garretson)  Jones.     Children  :     Edith  and  Deborah. 

3.  Deborah  McMillan,  b.  9  Mo.  13,  1764,  d.  11  Mo.  24,  1766. 

4.  Lydia  McMillan,  b.  9  Mo.  21,  1766.  Removed  to  Miami 
Mo.  Mtg.,  Ohio,  about  1806,  and  married  William  Jay. 

5.  William  McMillan,  b.  10  Mo.  13,  1767.  Removed  to 
Miami,  Ohio,  about  1806. 

6.  Samuel  McMillan,  b.  2  Mo.  26,  1770,  d.  4  Mo.  10,  1777. 

7.  Jonathan  McMillan,  b.  3  Mo.  2,  1772,  m.  11  Mo.  16,  1797, 
at  Warrington  Meeting,  Ann  Hussey,  daughter  of  Jediah  and  Jane. 
They  removed  to  Miami  Monthly  Meeting,  Ohio,  about  1806. 

'Three  of  his  letters,  written  in  1814,  1815,  and  1826,  are  in  possession 
of  a  great-grandson,  the  writer. 


4o6         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

8.  David  McMillan,  b.  3  Mo.  2,  1772,  m.  4  Mo.  13,  1797,  at 
Warrington  Meeting,  Hannah  Hussey,  sister  of  the  wife  of  his 
twin  brother  Jonathan.  They  removed  to  Miami,  Ohio,  about 
1805.     Children  :     Josiah,  Eli,  Deborah,  Mary,  David. 

9.  Henry  McMillan,  b.  11  Mo.  20,   1774. 

10.  Deborah  McMillan,  b.  8  Mo.  10,  1778,  d.  probably  12 
12  Mo.,  1782. 

11.  John  McMillan,  b.  7  Mo.  18,  1785. 

IV.  Mary  McMillan,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Deborah, 
m.  6  Mo.  25,  1767,  at  Warrington  Meeting,  Nathan  Phillips,  son  of 
Edmund,  of  Warrington 

Children  were  ; 

1.  Thomas  Phillips,  m.  Margaret  Foster.  Children  :  William, 
John,  Thomas  Monroe. 

2.  Jesse  Phillips,  m.  ist  Elizabeth  Borum  and  2d  Ann  (Frazier) 
Morris.  Children  by  ist  wife  :  Elizabeth,  Mary  Ann  (m.  John 
McConnell),  Jane,  Deborah,  Rebecca. 

3.  Deborah  Phillips,  m.  Alexander  Underwood  and  resided  in 
Middleton  Township,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio.  Children  : 
Jesse  (m.  Borum),  Alexander. 

4.  Jane  Phillips,  b.  8  Mo.  1776,  d.  9  Mo.  17,  1856,  ni.  about 
1825,  Jared  Marlnee  and  resided  in  Middleton  Township,  Colum- 
biana County,  Ohio.      No  issue. 

5.  Elizabeth  Phillips  received  a  certificate  from  Warrington 
Mo.  Mtg.,  12  Mo.  19,  1827,  to  remove  to  Carmel,  Columbiana 
County,  Ohio. 

\'.  Elizabeth  McMillan,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  De- 
borah, married  Jacob  Smith  ;  removed  to  Middleton  Township, 
Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  where  she  died  in  the  spring  of  1820. 
She  was  interred  in  Friends'  ground  at  Carmel  Meeting  House. 
Children  as  far  as  ascertained  :  Jacob,  Rebecca,  Eve  Catharine 
(m.  Ellis  Brown,  in  1831),  Casper  (m.  Sarah  Burt),  Elizabeth, 
(m.  Samuel  Smith),  Thomas  (m.  Elizabeth  Burt). 

THE  MARSH   FAMH^Y 

John  Marsh,  a  Friend,  of  Armagh,  County  Armagh,  Ireland, 
was  residing  in  that  town  as  early  as  1664,  for  in  his  will,  dated 
1688,  he  mentions  "the  half  tenement  and  Garden  plott  Situate 
lying  and  being  in  the  Scotch  Street  in  Ardmagh  which  I  have  by 
lease  from  the  primate  of  Ireland  bearing  date  the  twentyeth  day 
of  October  1664."  He  was  staunch  and  true  to  his  Quaker  prin- 
ciples and  on  account  of  them  had  to  endure  severe  persecutions. 
From  the  record  of  these  sufferings  it  was  evident  that  he  was  a 
thrifty  yeoman  or  farmer,  having  servants  and  cattle  and  sheep, 


77/1?  Marsh  Favtily  407 

and  raising  wheat,  oats,  barley,  etc.  In  1660,  "John  Marsh 
[County  Armagh]  being  sued  for  Milch-money  and  Offerings,  to 
the  value  of  about  3I.  at  the  Manner  Court  of  Loiighall  (by  Hum- 
phrey Pettard  Priest)  had  taken  from  him  so  many  of  his  Cattel 
as  were  worth   18I." 

"The  said  John  Marsh  being  sued  again,  in  the  said  Court,  for 
five  years'  Tythe  of  sixty-two  Sheep  (by  the  said  Priest)  had  the 
very  whole  number  of  sixty  two  Sheep  taken  from  him  (being  all 
he  had)  worth  12I."  ' 

In  1666,  for  refusing  to  pay  tithes  he  had  taken  from  him 
"Cattle  and  Sheep  worth  2^3o,"  '  and  in  1669  "John  Marsh 
being  sued  for  Priests  and  darks  Dues  (so-called)  and  such  like 
things,  to  the  value  of  8s.  3d.  in  a  Temporal  Court  at  Anhnagh, 
by  Thomas  BieTzn  Clark,  had  taken  from  him  by  the  Bailiffs,  a 
Brass  Pot,  and  four  Pewter  Dishes,  worth  £1.  17s. '  In  1673,  he 
was  one  "Of  those  who  suffered  Distress  for  Tithes  of  Corn,  Hay, 
&c."  *  "In  this  and  some  preceding  Years,  several  had  suffered 
Distress  for  refusing  to  contribute  to  the  repairing  of  the  Parish 
Worship-house  at  Kilmore,  in  the  County  of  Armagh."  Among 
these,  from  John  Marsh  were  taken  "two  Heifers,  three  Sheep, 
and  two  Calves,  worth  ^3.  7s."'  In  1673  "  John  Marsh  had  taken 
from  him  for  Tithe,  for  the  Dean  of  Ardmagh,  forty  three  stooks  of 
Barly  and  fifteen  car-loads  of  Hey,  all  worth  one  pound  sixteen 
shillings."  * 

"Anno  1674.  Isabel  Lancaster,  Servant  to  John  Marsh,  of 
the  County  of  Armagh,  was  sued  in  the  Primate's  Temporal  Court 
for  carrying  Home  her  Master's  Corn,  under  Pretence  of  its  being 
Tithe,  though  it  was  neither  markc  nor  set  forth  as  such.  An 
Execution  was  obtained  against  her,  on  which  she  was  imprisoned 
in  the  Bayliff 's  House,  and  after  two  Weeks  removed  thence  to 
another  Bayliff' s,  where  she  was  detained  six  months."  ' 

In  1674  "John  Marsh  had  taken  from  him  for  Tithe,  by  the 
Servants  of  James  Downham,  Dean  of  Ardmagh,  thirty  stooks  of 
Barly  out  of  two  hundred  thirty  eight,  and  nine  stooks  of  Oats  out 
of  three  score  and  ten,  worth  one  pound  four  shillings  six 
pence."  s  He  also  suffered  similar  persecutions  in  1675  and  in 
1676. 

1  Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Brief  F elation,  25. 
^Besse's  Sufferings  of  the  Qiiatiers,  II.,  475. 
'Holme  and  Fuller,  A  Brief  delation,  27. 
'Besse's  Stifferings  of  the  Quakers,  II.,  278. 
^Ibici.,  II. ,479. 

s  William  Stockdale,  A  Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  29. 
">  Besse,  II.,  4S0. 
f  Stockdale,  40. 


4o8        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

At  the  time  of  the  making  of  his  wjl]  John  Marsh  was  "  biclc  in 
body"  and  pTohiA\y  died  ah>out  that  time,  in  168!!,  leaving  Dor- 
othy, his  w-ife,  to  survive  him.  Children,  probably  by  Dorothy,  his 
wife,  were  :  Jos«ph,  Kebecca,  Sarah,  Hester,  andf»erhap»  others. 
The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  will ; 

"The  last  Will >  and  Testyment  of  John  Marsh  of  Ardmagh  in 
the  Prsh  and  County  of  the  Said  Ardmagh  being  Sick  in  body  but 
I>eTfect  in  Memory  in  Which  Will  And  testyment  and  for  the  due 
pf'.'.'.'tance  thereof  I  doe  Conbt)'tute  apoynt  and  ordeaine  My  be- 
.'y.-.-:  Wife  Dorothy  My  onely  and  Soale  Executorcx 

imps — I  doe  desire  that  my  body  may  hurytd  in  the  burying 
place  in  the  Towne  land  of  the  Munney  near  Killmore  where 
many  of  my  deare  friends  have  Vjeen  formerly  buryed  and  as  to 
my  Worldly  goods  I  disjx/sose  of  them  as  followeth 

first — I  give  to  my  eldest  daughter  Namely  Hester  five  Shillings 
to  be  paid  to  her  att  the  end  or  within  one  yeare  from  the  date 
hereof 

2dly — I  give  to  my  daughter  Sara  five  Shilling  to  be  paid  her 
att  the  end  or  within  one  ycare  as  aforesaid 

3dly — I  give  unto  my  daughter  KeWcca  one  Pound  to  be  given 
her  alt  the  end  or  within  one  ycare  from  the  date  hereof 

4th — I  give  unto  Jonathan  flet'.her  my  grandson  two  pounds  ten 
Shillings  to  be  payd  unto  whom  1  Shall  nomynate  in  trust  for  hi* 
use  att  the  end  or  within  two  yeares  from  the  dale  hereof 

jthly — I  give  unto  Joshua  Marsh  and  Margery  .Marsh  Son  and 
daughter  of  my  Son  Joseph  Marsh  deceased  the  half  tenement 
and  ("harden  plolt  Situate  lying  and  being  in  the  Scjlth  Street  in 
Ardmagh  which  I  have  by  lease  from  the  prirnale  of  Ireland 
bearing  dale  the  twentyeth  day  of  October  1W4  with  alsoe  the 
Said  lease  of  the  Same  with  all  the  apurtenants  thereunto  belong- 
ing paying  and  performing  for  the  Same  all  rents  and  other 
dutyes  due  to  the  bond  Conieined  in  the  .Said  lease  from  the  time 
they  Shall  rencwe  the  Said  halfe  tenement 

6th — 1  give  unto  my  grandaughter  Hanna  Shaw  four  pounds  to 
be  p<ayd  unto  those  whom  I  shall  hereafter  in  trust  [appoint]  to 
receive  ill  for  her  use  within  or  att  the  end  of  two  years  from  the 
date  hereof 

7tb — I  doe  by  these  present  Nominate  ordeane  and  apoynt  Wil- 
liam J^wder  of  the  Said  Armagh  H'Ajtrt  Robinv^n  of  f/ellyhagan 
and  ffergus  Saftlaw  of  iJellylamy  both  in  the  psh  of  Killmore  and 
County  of  Ardmagh  aforesaid  fto  demand  and  receive  from  my 
Said  executorex  the  aforesaid  two  pounds  ten  Shill  given  Uj  Jona- 
than a>/ove  Said  and  the  Said  four  pounds  given  tomy  granda^h- 
ter  Hanna  aforesaid)  to  dispose  of  the  fund  for  the  use  of  the 

'  PdUic  Ketwl  Office,  Dohlio. 


TJie  Marsh  Family  409 

said  Jonathan  and  Hanna  for  their  best  advantage  and  to  be 
accountable  [for  ?]  the  same  when  the  said  Jonathan  and  Hanna 
Shall  Come  to  age  Con  [torn  i  inch]  to  desire  futh  account 

Sthly — And  lastly  I  draw  and  bequeath  all  the  rest  of  my 
worldly  goods  and  Chattells  of  all  kindes  and  sorts  what  soeve' 
for  the  payment  of  my  debts  and  for  the  use  and  maintenance  or 
my  Said  beloved  wife  my  onely  and  Soale  executorex  as  witness  my 
hand  and  Seale  this  7th  day  of  the  nth  month  Called  January 
1688. 

Signed  Sealed  and  John  Marsh  [Seal] 

delivered  to  my  his  M  Marke 

Said  exeratorex  in 
the  presents  of 
Alexander  heron 

Tho  :   King  Robert  Robinson 

William  Williamson  ffergus  Saftlow 

William  Landar  Sam'  :  Unthanke." 

Joseph  Marsh,  son  of  John  Marsh,  for  some  breach  of  discip- 
line, was  disowned  from  membership  in  the  Society  of  Friends, 

10  Mo.  5,  1674,  at  Lurgan  Meeting,  held  at  Roger  Webb's 
house  near  Lurgan,  County  Armagh.  In  the  testimony  issued 
against  him  he  is  mentioned  as  late  of  Lisneny  near  Loughgall, 
County  Armagh,  widower,  "  who  for  several  years  past  frequented 
our  meetings."      According  to  his  father's  will  Joseph  died  prior  to 

11  Mo.  (Jan.)  7,  16S8,  leaving  at  least  two  children,  Joshua  and 
Margery. 

Joshua  Marsh,  of  Drumanicannon,  Parish  of  Sego,  County 
Armagh,  son  of  Joseph  Marsh,  was  married,  6  Mo.  (Aug.),  28, 
1695,  at  Friends'  Meeting  place  at  Alexander  Christy's,  County 
Armagh,  to  Elizabeth  Rogers,  of  Drumanicannon,  possibly  a 
daughter  of  John  Rogers,  whose  name  appears  at  the  head  of  the 
list  of  men  signers  to  the  marriage  certificate.  Christy  Rogers, 
who  heads  the  list  of  the  women  signers,  may  have  been  the 
mother.  The  following  interesting  records  of  the  marriage  have 
been  found  : 

"At  our  [Ulster]  Province  Meeting  held  at  Richard  Boyes" 
house  [near  Ballinderry,  County,  Antrim]  y^  6th  of  y=  5th  Mo. 
1695  .  .  .  Joshua  Marsh  and  Elizabeth  Rogers  haveing  apeared 
and  Declared  their  Intentions  of  Marrage  with  each  other  before 
This  Meeting  and  at  present  nothing  appearing  to  Obstruct  them, 
y<:  Meeting  have  taken  Their  Intentions  into  Consideration  and 
have  apointed  Alex^  Mathews  Lawrence  Allyson  Margrit  Christy  & 
Aylce  WiUiams  To  make  Enquiry  Concerning  Their  Clearness 
and  Consent  of  Parents  and  return  their  answer  to  The  next  Pro- 


4 1  o         Ivimigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


vince  Meeting,  a  Certificate  from  ye  Sd  Eliz  :  father  of  his  Con- 
sent To  ye  Sd  Intended  Marage." 

"At  our  Province  Meeting  held  at  Ballyhagen  [County  Ar- 
magh] ye  17'''  day  of  y"=  6'''  month  1695  ffriends  of  Ballyhagen 
Meeting  and  friends  of  The  Meeting  beyond  Charlemont  [Upper 
Grange  Meeting],  have  agreed  that  once  in  two  mens  Meetings 
Some  friends  from  Ballyhagen  Meeting  goe  to  ye  mens  Meeting 
beyond  Charlemont  And  also  That  Some  friends  from  beyond 
Charlemont  goe  to  The  mens  Meeting  at  Ballyhagen  once  in  two 
mens  Meetings.   .   .   . 

Joshuah  Marsh  and  Elizabeth  Rogers  haveing  appeared  ye 
Second  time  and  Declared  their  Intentions  of  Marrage  before  this 
Meeting  as  formerly  and  the  partyes  appointed  to  make  enquiry 
Concerning  their  Clearness  and  Consent  of  Parents  have  returned 
Their  answers  That  they  find  nothing  To  Obstruct  Them  but  That 
they  may  lawfully  marry,  So  its  The  apoint™'  of  this  Meeting  That 
y  Said  Joshua  Marsh  do  publish  (or  Cause  to  be  Published)  Their 
Said  Intentions  in  two  Severall  Meetings  at  (or  neer)  Lurgan,  and 
in  two  Severall  Meetings  at  Monnallon,  and  if  no  Thing  Then 
apear  against  Them  They  may  at  a  Convenient  Season  Take  each 
other  in  Marrage,  Alex^  Mathes,  John  Hoope,  and  William  Porter 
are  desired  To  See  y=  Said  Marrage  be  perfected  in  good  Order." 

The  marriage  was  accordingly  accomplished  on  the  28th  of  6 
Mo.  (Aug.),  1695.  The  names  of  the  signers  to  the  marriage  cer- 
tificate appear  in  the  following  order  in  the  old  Marriage  Record 
Book  of  Lurgan  Meeting  (page  12.)  :  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^ 

I  Elizabeth  Marsh 


John  Rogers 
Roger  Kirk 
Peter  Rogers 
George  Whaly 
Richard  Hollin 
James  Hallyday 
Alexander  Mathew 
Lancelot  Pearson 
John  Williams 
Samuel!  Kirk 
Jacob  Kirk 
John  Thirkeld 


George  Blacker 
John  Willson 
Alex"-  Christy 
John  Moorton 
ffrancis  Hillary 
Kobart  Kirk 
John  Christy 
Timothy  Kirk 
James  Moorton 
Tho  :  Wainvvright 
Tho  :  Bullough 
George  Black 
Tho  :  Bradshaw 


Christy  Rogers 

Ellin  Wollsy 
Margrit  Blacker 
Mary  Horner 
Deborah  Kirk 
Ann  Whaly 
Eliz  :  Atkinson 
Joan  Mathew 
Joan  Adams 


In  addition  to  his  share  in  the  leased  property  in  the  town  of 
Armagh,  becjueathed  to  him  by  his  grandfather  John  Marsh, 
Joshua  Marsh  owned  a  small  farm  in  Ireland  ;  for  in  his  will, 
made  in  Pennsylvania  in   1747,  he  mentions   "my  farm  in  Bele- 


77/1?  Marsh  Family  411 

nacar  in  Clambrasel  in  the  County  of  Armagh  in  the  Kingdom  of 
Ireland  Containing  Thirty  three  Acres  of  Land  with  the  Rights 
members  and  Appurtnances  thereof." 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1736.  Joshua  and  his  son  John  began  to 
make  ready  to  remove  with  their  famihes  to  Pennsylvania.  "  Att 
a  mens  [Preparative]  meeting  [at  Grange,  near  Charleniont, 
County  Armagh]  held  ye  2d  of  ye  4th  month  [1736]  Joshua  March 
having  an  Intention  to  transport  himself  &  family  to  America  & 
desires  from  us  a  certificate  therefore  Jacob  Marshill  &  James 
Pillar  is  desired  to  draw  Suitable  ones  for  him  &  his  Son  John 
.   .   .   yt  they  may  be  Signed  next  meeting." 

In  accordance  with  the  request  of  the  meeting  certificates  1  were 
drawn  up  as  follows  : 

"  From  our  Monthly  Meeting  of  men  &  women  friends,  held  at 
Grange  Near  Charlimount  in  the  North  of  Ireland  ye  2  of  4  Mo. 
1736.  To  friends  and  Brethren  of  pensylvania  or  elsewhere  in 
America  Greeting. 

•'  Dear  Friends  whereas  our  friend  Joshua  March  [Marsh]  & 
his  Wife  Did  Acquaint  us  Some  Time  Ago  that  they  had  a  mind 
to  transport  themselves  &  family  to  pensylvania  or  Some  place  in 
America  and  Desires  of  us  a  Certificate  we  therefore  Do  Certify 
that  He  the  Sd  Joshua  &  his  wife  was  of  an  orderly  Life  &  good 
Conversation  Both  amongst  us  their  Brethren  as  amongst  their 
Neighbours  where  they  Dwelt  &  now  Leaveth  us  in  Unity  they 
had  also  the  privilege  of  Sitting  in  our  Meeting  of  Disapline  like- 
wise their  three  children  Viz  Jonathan  peter  and  Abigail  were  of 
Orderly  Lives  &  Conversation  whilst  here  cS:  is  free  from  marriage 
or  any  Entanglement  that  way  &  all  the  Above  friends  have  left 
this  place  free  from  Debts  or  Defraud  to  any  man  &  we  have  Cause 
to  hope  &  believe  that  they  will  So  behave  themselves  for  ye  future 
yt  they  may  Deserve  ye  Religious  notice  &  Care  of  friends  for 
their  good. 

"  Signed  by  order  &  on  behalf  of  our  Sd  Meeting  by 

Mary  Greer  Thos.  Nichalson  William  Gray 

Eliz.  Greer  Joseph  Kerr  Jacob  Marshall 

Abigail  King  Benj*  Marshill  Jno.  Whitsitt 

Mary  Pow  James  pillar  Thomas  Greer 

Ann  Sloan  James  Dawson  Tho.  Griffith 

Mary  Pillar  francis  Robson  Israel  Thompson 

Eliz.  Dawson  Saml  Gray  Wm.  Vance" 

Abigail  Gray  Jona'  Richardson 
Ruth  Delapp. 

'  Pages  39,  52,  Book  of  Certificates  of  Removal  Received  of  Goshen 
Monthly  Meeting,  Penn'a,  in  the  vault,  Friends'  Library,  142  N.  l6th 
Street,  Phila. 


412         Immigratiiyn  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


"From  our  Men  &  Womens  Meeting  held  at  Grange  Near 
Charles  Mount  in  Ireland  ye  z  of  ye  4th  mo  1736  to  friends  of 
pensylvania  or  Elsewhere  In  America  Greeting  Whereas  our 
friends  John  March  [Marsh]  &  his  wife  Did  sometime  ago  Ac- 
quaint us  that  they  had  to  transport  themselves  to  pensylvania  or 
Some  place  In  America  &  Desires  of  a  Certificate  we  therefore 
do  Certifie  yt  the  Said  John  March  &  his  wife  hath  behaved  them- 
selves Orderly  amongst  us  their  Brethren  &  Sisters  Also  was  of 
a  peaceable  Life  &  Conversation  amongst  their  Neighbours  hav- 
ing Left  us  &  our  Neighbours  Clear  of  Debt  They  had  Also 
privilege  to  Set  in  our  Meetings  for  Decipline  &  we  hope  they 
will  So  behave  as  will  deserve  the  Rehgious  Notice  &  Care  of 
our  friends  &  Brethren  whose  it  may  Please  Divine  providence 
So  to  order  their  Lot  to  Settle  &  Remain. 

"  Signed  by  order  &  on  behalf  our  Said  Meeting  by 


Ann  Sloan  Marj-  Greer 
Mar}-  pillar  Eliz.  Greer 
Eliz.  Dawson    Abigail  King 


Benj?  Marshil         Jacob  Marshill 
James  Dawson       John  Whitsitt 
James  Pillar  Thos.   Greer 

Thos.  Griffith 
Israel  Thompson 
\Vm.  Vance 
Thos.  Nicbalson 
Joseph  Ker  " 

In  the  spring  of  1736,  shortly  after  the  signing  of  the  above 
certificates,  the  Marsh  family  started  on  the  long  and  wearisome 
voyage  to  Pennsylvania,  where  they  arrived,  it  is  believed,  some 
time  in  August,  for  in  John  Marsh's  land  warrant,  dated  Nov. 
24,  1736,  he  is  mentioned  as  having  been  settled  on  the  land 
"about  three  months."  The  two  families  of  the  father  and 
son  settled  near  each  other  on  two  tracts  of  land  in  East  Nant- 
meal  Township,  Chester  County,  adjoining  other  Irish  Friends, 
William  and  Timothy  Kirk,  of  the  Kirks  of  Lurgan  Meeting, 
County  Armagh.  Soon  after  their  settlement  the  Marshes  were 
received  as  acceptable  members  of  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting, 
Chester  County,  as  appears  from  the  following  extracts  from  the 
minutes  of  that  meeting  : 

Minute  of  Men's  Meeting,  8  Mo.  18,1736. — "John  Marsh  Pro- 
duced a  Certificate  to  this  Monthly  Meeting  from  the  .Monthly 
Meeting  of  friends  held  at  Grange  near  Charlemount  in  ye  North 
of  Ireland  dated  ye  2d  of  ye  4  .Mo  :  1736  in  behalf  of  himself  & 
wife  [Elizabeth]  which  [is]  to  friends  Satisfaction  and  ordered  to 
be  recorded." 

Minutes  of  Women's  Meeting. — "At  our  Monthly  Meeting 
held  at  Goshen  the  Eighteen  Day  of  Eighth  Month  [1736]  Eliz- 
abeth .Marsh  Produced  to  this  Meeting  a  Certificate  from  Friends 


TIu  Marsh  family  4  i ; 


in  Ireland  jointly  with  her  Husband  which  we  accept  on  her 
behalf." 

Minutes  Men's  Meeting. — "At  our  Monthly  Meeting  held  at 
Goshen  ye  15th  day  of  ye  9th  Mo.  1736  Joshua  March  [Marsh] 
Produced  a  Certificate  to  this  Monthly  .Meeting  from  the  Monthly 
Meeting  of  finends  at  Grange  in  Charlemount  in  the  North  of  Ire- 
land dated  ye  2d  of  ye  4th  month  last  in  behalf  of  himself  &  wife 
[Elizabeth]  &  3  of  his  children,  \-iz  :  Jonathan.  Peter  &  Abigail 
which  is  to  the  Satisfaction  of  friends  here  &  ordered  to  be  Re- 
corded." 

Minutes  of  Women's  Meeting. — ' '  At  our  Monthly  Meetnig  held 
at  Goshen  the  Fifteenth  Day  of  the  Ninth  Month  [1736]  .  .  . 
Elizabeth  Marsh  Produced  to  this  Meeting  a  Certificate  from 
the  Monthly  Meeting  of  Grange  in  Ireland  which  this  Meeting 
Accepts  on  her  behalf." 

Joshua  Marsh  settled  on  a  tract  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land 
which  he  purchased  from  the  Penn  Proprietors.  The  following 
abstract  of  his  land  title  is  from  the  records  preserved  in  the  De- 
partment of  Internal  Affairs,  at  the  capital,  Harrisburg,  Pa.: 

No.  55.  Joshua  Marsh,  of  Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  warrant  for  200 
acres  of  land  "  Adjoyning  the  Lands  of  John  Grifnth  and  John 
Rees  in  the  Township  of  Nantmill,"  granted  October,  26,  1737  ; 
patented  Oct.  12.  1742.  195  acres  returned  (.A..  10,  p.  505).' 

Patent  Deed :     (Sur\-ey,  May  lo,  1738.) 

John,  Thomas,  and  Richard  Penn,  Proprietors  of  Penn'a.,  on 
Oct.  12,  174.2,  patented  to  Joshua  .Marsh,  of  Chester  Co.,  in  con- 
sideration of  £'^6,  4s.,  195  acres  of  land  in  Nantmeal  Twp., 
Chester  Co. ,  described  as  follows, — 

Beginning  at  a  corner  marked  hickory,  in  a  line  of  William 
Kirk's  land,  and  from  thence  extending  by  John  Griflath's  land, 
\V.  by  N.  210  P.  to  a  marked  chestnut ;  thence  by  William  Bran- 
son's land,  N.  81  P.  to  a  post,  thence  by  John  Ree's  land,  E.  N. 
E.,  113  P.  to  a  black  oak  marked,  and  N.  N.  W.,  4S  P.  to  a 
marked  black  oak  :  thence  by  the  lands  of  the  said  William 
Branson,  N.  E.  by  E.,  44  P.  to  a  post ;  thence  by  Daniel  Brown's 
land,  S.  S.  E.  76  P.  to  a  marked  chestnut,  N.  E.  by  E.  60 
P.  to  a  marked  black  oak  and  S.  S.  E.  30  P.  to  a  marked  hick- 
ory ;  thence  by  vacant  land,  S.  60°  E.  80  P.  to  a  marked  hickory- ; 
thence  by  the  said  William  Kirk's  land  S.  W.  by  W.  135  P.  to  a 
marked  black  oak  and  S.  E.  by  S.  60  P.  to  place  of  beginning, 
containing  195  acres  and  allowance. 

Joshua  attended  Uwchlan  Friends'  Meeting  until  the  establish- 
ment of  Nantmeal  Meeting  in  1740,  and  was  appointed  a  repre- 
sentative from  Uwchlan  Preparative  to  Goshen  Monthly  Meeting. 

'  See  Sarvev,  No.  446,  Taylor  Papers,  HisL  Soc  of  Penn'a. 


4 1 4        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

to  which  Uwchlan  was  subordinate.  The  minutes  of  the  Monthly- 
Meeting  show  that  he  was  appointed  on  committees  to  inquire 
into  requests  for  certificates  of  removal,  to  oversee  marriages, 
etc.  His  name  appears  for  the  last  time  in  the  meeting  records, 
9  Mo.  I,  1745,  when  he  signed  a  marriage  certificate.  He  was 
taxed  in  East  Nantmeal  Township,  in.  1737-8,  is.;  in  1739,  is. 
3d  ;  in  1 740- 1,   IS.  6d.' 

He  died  probably  in  the  spring  of  1748,  for  his  will  was  made 
August  18,  1747,  and  probated  May  17,  1748.  As  his  wife  is  not 
mentioned  in  the  will,  he  must  have  survived  her.  The  following 
is  a  copy  of  the  will  : 

"  I  Joshua  M.^RSH^of  East  Nantmell,  in  the  County  of  Chester  in 
the  province  of  Pennsylvania  yeoman  lieing  in  Health  of  body 
and  of  .Sound  disposing  Mind  and  memory  in  thankfullness  of 
heart  to  almighty  God  for  his  mercies  and  favors  and  in  Con- 
sideration of  the  uncertainty  of  our  Time  here  do  make  and  ordain 
this  my  last  will  and  Testament  in  Manner  following. 

Imprimis  its  my  Will  that  after  my  Decease  my  body  be  buried 
in  a  Decent  manner  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executor  hereafter 
Named  and  as  for  what  temporal  Estate  it  hath  Pleased  Clod  to 
Bestowe  Upon  me  in  this  Life,  I  Give  Devise  and  Dispose  of  the 
Same  in  manner  P'ollowing. 

In  the  first  place  its  my  Will  that  my  just  Debts  and  Funeral 
Charges  be  paid  and  Discharged 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Son  John  Marsh  the  sum  of  Five  Shillings 
Lawful  Money  of  this  Province 

Item  I  Give  to  my  son  George  Marsh  Five  Shillings  Money 
Aforesaid 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  son  Peter  Marsh  Five  Shillings  Money 
aforesaid 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Deborah  McMuUen  Five  Shillings 
Money  Aforesaid 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Abigail  Atherton  Five  Shillings 
Money  aforesaid 

Item,  I  (iive  and  Bequeath  all  my  Personal  Estate  &  Goods  and 
Chattels  after  my  Debts  Funerall  Charges  and  Legacies  Aforesaid 
are  Paid  and  Discharged  unto  my  Son  Jonathan  his  Executors 
and  Administrators 

Item  I  Give  and  Devise  all  and  Singular  my  Messuage  Planta- 
tion and  Tract  of  Land  whereon  I  now  Live  in  East  Nantmell 
aforesaid  with  the  rights  members  and  Appurtances  thereof  unto 
my  fA  Son  Jonathan  Marsh  his  heirs  and  Assigns  for  Ever 

'  Tax  Lists  in  County  Commissioners'  Office,  West  Chester,  Chester 
Co.,  Pa. 

"P.ipers  No.  1144,  Hook  3,  p.  15,  Register's  Office,  West   Chester,  Pn. 


The  Marsh  Family  4 1 5 

Item  I  Give  and  Devise  that  my  farm  in  Belenacar  in  Clam- 
brasel  in  the  County  of  Armagh  in  the  Kingdom  of  Ireland  Con- 
taining Thirty  three  Acres  of  Land  with  the  Rights  members  and 
Appurtances  thereof  Unto  my  Said  Son  Jonathan  Marsh  his  heirs 
and  Assigns  Forever. 

Item  I  Nominate  and  Appoint  my  son  Jonathan  Marsh  to  be 
sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament  and  Lastly  I 
do  Revoke  and  Declare  to  be  null  and  void  all  Former  and  other 
wills  and  Testaments  by  me  Made  in  word  or  writing  and  do  De- 
clare this  only  to  be  my  Last  Will  &  Testament  In  Witness 
whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  Dated  the 
Eighteenth  Day  of  the  Sixth  Month  Called  August  Anno  Dom 
1747 


JJCiMiiJot.  cMrj/l 


[seal] 


Witnesses  : 

David  Davies  . 

Richd  Davies 
Ellis  Davies 

The  following  inventory  of  the  estate  of  Joshua  Marsh  was  filed 
at  Chester,  then  the  county  seat  of  Chester  County,  May  2,  1748  : 

"the  26"'  L>ay  of  y  3'':  mo"  :  in  ■•j"  year  1848  A  true  In- 
ventory of  the  goods  and  efects  of  Joshua  Marsh  deceased 

/  S  d 

"To  a  bed  and  beding 4  3  o 

To  a  chest               o  2  6 

To  a  table  cloth  and  napkin o  2  6 

To  a  pair  of  leather  Briches  and  Sundries.    ...  o  18  o 

To  a  horse  Saddle  and  bridle 4  o  o 

To  a  mare 3  10  o 

To  Books 215  o 

To  a  bedstead  Barrels  and  Sundries 012  6 

To  pots  and  Sundries  ..            1  36 

To  carpenters  Tools o  14  o 

To  tongs  and  pothangers  &  Sundries o  14  o 

To  chair  haccles  &  Sundries o  9  o 

To  flax  seed  and  Sundries o  l5  6 

To  leather  &  Sundries •  2  9  lo 

To  yaam 3  5  o 

To  three  bags   .    .                     10  o 

To  a  cart  and  tacklings 8  o  o 

To  a  Dough  trough  &  Sundries on  6 

To  a  harrow o  18  o 


4  1 6         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

To  a  grinding  Stone o       5       o 

To  bees I       4       o 

To  a  plow  &  axes  and  mattock i       3      o 

To  Sheep 1      17       6 

To  hoggs 2     18       o 

To  chains  and  Sundries o       5       o 

To  a  loom  &  wool  i:  Sundries 2       2       6 

To  Some  wareing  apparel I        1       o 

To  Credit  for  wool  o       5       6 

To  two  Smoothing  iron o       4       o 

To  unbroke  flax       o       5        o 

To  a  plantation 200       o       o 

Appraised  by  us  the  Day  & 
year  above  written 

Wm  Kirk 

John  Griffiths  " 

Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Marsh  had  children  as  follows  : 
I.  Deborah;  II.  Joseph  (?)  ;  II!.  John;  IV.  George;  V.  Abi- 
gail; VI.    Peter;   VII.   Jonathan. 

I.  Deborah  Marsh,  from  whom  the  writer  descends,  was 
married  5  Mo.  10,  1727,  at  Grange  Meeting,  near  Charlemont, 
County  Armagh,  Ireland,  to  Thomas  McMuUen  [McMillan],  of 
Grange  Meeting,  County  Antrim.  See  "McMillan  Family," 
page  399. 

II.  Joseph  Marsh,  "  of  Crenah  in  the  parish  of  Tillenesky  & 
Countie  of  Tyrone  ' '  (who  is  thought  to  have  been  a  son  of  Joshua 
Marsh,  since  Joshua's  name  appears  on  the  marriage  certificate 
ne.\t  to  that  of  the  bride's  father,  Francis  Hobson,  who  heads  the 
list  of  signers  in  the  column  reserved  for  relatives  under  the  bride 
and  groom's  names),  probably  named  for  his  grandfather,  Joseph 
Marsh,  was  married  5  Mo.  (July)  27,  1732,  in  the  Friends'  Meet- 
ing House  at  Ballyhagen,  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  to  Ruth 
Hobson,  "  Daughter  of  ffrancis  Hobson  of  Drimimilly  in  the  parish 
of  Loughgall  &  Countie  of  Ardmagh."  Some  of  the  signers  to 
the  marriage  certificate  '  were  : 

ffrancis  Hobson  Sarah  Hobson  Joseph  Marsh 

Joseph  Hobson  (and  others)  Ruth  Marsh 

John  Hobson  Deborah  M'Moollon 

(and  others)  Abigail  Marsh  Peter  Marsh 

Hannah  Hobson  ffrancis  Hobson 

(and  others)  Joshua  Marsh 

Mabel  Anderson  George  Rndfjers 

William  Vance 
William  Hobson 
(and  others) 

'Page;,  Marriage  Book,  1731-1786,  Ulster  Quarterly  Meeting. 


The  Jllarsh  Family  4 1  7 

Joseph  Marsh  is  not  mentioned  in  Joshua  Marsh's  will  and 
nothing  further  has  been  learned  of  him. 

III.  John  Marsh,  son  of  Joshua,   married  Elizabeth , 

prior  to  or  about  1724,  as  has  been  stated  above,  came  over 
from  Ireland,  in  1736,  and  settled  in  East  Nantmeal  Township, 
Chester  County.  The  following  abstract  of  his  land  title  is  from 
the  records  of  the  Department  of  Internal  Affairs  at  Harrisburg : 

No.  52.  _/<)//«  il/i?;-^/;,  of  Chester  County,  200  acres  "of  Land 
scituate  in  Nantmil  Township,  whereon  He  has  been  about  three 
months  settled  &  adjoining  to  William  and  Timothy  Kirk," 
granted  Nov.  24,  1736;  patented  Mar.  14,  1790.  Acres  returned 
11.76.  Patentees,  John  Marsh  (Vol.  A  14,  p.  268),  James  Pugh 
(Vol.  P  18,  p.  251).     Survey.' 

Patent  Deed:  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn,  Proprietors  of 
Penn'a,  on  June  9,  1747,  patent  to  John  Marsh,  of  Chester 
County,  Pa.,  in  consideration  of  ^33.  3d.,  213  acres  of  land  and 
allowance,  in  East  Nantmeal  Twp.,  Chester  County,  decribed  as 
follows  : 

Beginning  at  a  marked  hickory  by  Timothy  Kirk's  land,  S. 
25°  E.  100  P.  to  a  marked  hickory  ;  S.  65°  W.  30  P.  to  a  marked 
chestnut  at  a  corner  of  Robert  Wetherall's  land,  by  same,  S.  25° 
E.  44  P.  to  marked  black  oak  ;  E.  20  P.  to  marked  hickory  ;  S. 
25°  149  P.  to  marked  black  oak,  by  Henry  Phillip's  land  S.E. 
40  P.  to  post  by  Callowhill  Manor,  corner  of  Vincent  Township  ; 
N.  42°  E.  150  P.  to  corner  post,  by  John  Well's  land  ;  N.  48° 
W.  80  P.  to  marked  black  oak  standing  at  a  corner  of  John  Price's 
land,  thence  by  same  N.  18°  W.  26  P.  to  a  marked  white  oak  ; 
N.  W.  by  W.  16  P.  to  a  marked  chestnut ;  W.  N.  W.  126  P.  to 
a  corner  post,  thence  by  Simon  Woodrow's  land  ;  W.  .S.  W.  40 
P.  to  a  corner  marked  white  oak  ;  thence,  by  the  Meeting  Land, 
N.   85°  W.   80  P.  to   place  of  beginning,  containing  213  acres. 

John  Marsh  and  his  son  Joshua,  on  complaint  of  Uwchlan  Pre- 
parative Meeting,  for  breach  of  discipline  were  disowned  by  Gos- 
hen Mo.  Mtg.,  3  Mo.  17,  1742.  About  1750  John  Marsh  removed 
with  his  family  from  Chester  County  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  land 
adjoining  his  brother-in-law,  Thomas  McMillan,  in  Warrington 
Township,  York  County,  Pa.  The  records  at  Harrisburg  show 
the  following  purchases  of  land  : 

Warrant  No.  41,  John  Marsh,  25  acres,  "adjoining  Thomas 
McMillan  &  Peter  Cook  on  Doe  Run  in  Warrington  Township," 
York  County,  granted  Sept.  10,  1751  :  patented  May  25,  1855. — 
(Patent  Book  G.  489). 

Warrant   No.    233,  John  Marsh,  Sr.,    24   acres,    "joining   his 

'Also  see    Taylor  Papers,  Warrants,  No.    405,  Historical  Society  of 
Penn'a. 

27 


4 1 S         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

other  Land  &  Elihu  Underwood  &  Isaac  Kole  in  Warrington" 
Twp.,  York  County,  granted  Oct.  21,  1769  ;  patented  Dec.  14, 
1822.     (Survey.) 

Warrant  No.  236,  John  Marsh,  Sr.,  26  acres,  "joining  his 
other  Land  granted  by  warrant  of  the  21st  of  October  Instant  in 
Warrington"  Twp.,  York  County,  granted  Oct.  30,  1769;  pat- 
tented  Dec.  14,  1822.     (Survey.) 

John  Marsh  was  living  in  1769,  but  the  date  of  his  death  has 
not  been  learned.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  died  in  or  prior  to  1761. 
As  far  as  can  be  learned  they  had  the  following  children  :  i. 
John  ;  2.  Margaret  ;  3.  Joshua  ;  4.  Jonathan  ;  William  (?)  ; 
Ruth  (?) 

I.  John  Marsh,  born  in  Ireland,  in  1724,  died  3  Mo.  10,  1804, 
and  was  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard  at  Warrington  Meeting 
House,  York  Co.,  where  his  gravestone,  with  inscription,  may 
still  be  seen.  He  probably  removed  from  Chester  to  York  Co., 
with  his  father,  about  1750,  but  his  certificate  of  remoxal  from 
Goshen  Mo.  Mtg. ,  dated  8  Mo.  17,  1752,  was  not  received  at  War- 
rington Mo.  Mtg.,  until  II  Mo.  18,  of  that  year.  At  Warrington 
Mo.  Mtg.,  5  Mo.  20,  1758,  he  produced  an  acknowledgment  for 
marrying  "  by  a  Justice  with  a  young  woman  not  Joined  amongst 
friends."  His  wife  Margaret  was  received  into  membership,  7 
Mo.  12,  1760. 

By  warrant,  No.  125,  dated  June  4,  1762,  John  Marsh,  Jr., 
was  granted  125  acres  "adjoining  Peter  Cook  in  Warrington" 
Twp.,  York  Co.;  patented  July  11,   1795  (Z,  281).      Survey. 

In  his  will,  dated,  Washington  Twp.,  York  Co.,  4  Mo.  30, 
1802,  probated  Apr.  2,  1804,  he  mentions  his  wife  Margaret,  his 
eleven  children,  and  a  lot  of  ground  within  fourteen  rods  of 
"  Baltimore  Town."  Children  by  his  wife  Margaret  were  :  (i) 
Jonathan,  b.  6  Mo.,  i,  1760,  d.  3  Mo.  20,  1850,  removed  to 
Baltimore,  Md.,  about  1798,  and  finally  to  Middleton  Mo.  Mtg., 
Ohio,  in  1808;  (2)  Elizabeth,  b.  7  Mo.  27,  1762,  removed  to 
Baltimore  i  about  1797  ;  (3)  Margaret,  b.  11  Mo.  28,  1764,  re- 
moved to  Baltimore  about  1797;  (4)  Mary,  b.  i  Mo.  16,  1767, 
took  a  certificate  to  Baltimore  in  1801  ;  (5)  Rebecca,  b.  3  Mo. 
16,  1769,  d.  II  Mo.  13,  1770;  (6)  Susanna,  b.  3  Mo.  7,  1771, 
m.  9  Mo.  12,  1793,  John  Everitt,  son  of  Isaac  and  Martha  ;  (7) 

John,  b.  3  Mo.  7,  1771,   d.  1806,  m.  in  1802,  Catharine ; 

(8)  William,  b.  7  Mo.  28,  1775,  took  a  certificate  to  Baltimore  in 
•  797  ;  (9)  Rebecca,  b.  8  Mo.  2,  1777,  d.  4  Mo.  14,  1858, 
buried  at  Warrington  ;  (10)  Lydia,  b.  10  Mo.  20,  1779,  m.  John 
Walker,  son  of  Benjamin,  of  Warrington' ;  (11)  Hugh,  dis- 
owned by  Warrington   Mo.   Mtg.,  3  Mo.  22,  1809,  for  marriage 

'See  Lewis  Walker  and  Descendants,  by  Priscilla  Walker  Streets. 


The  JMarsli  Family  419 

out;   (12)   Hannah  produced  an   acknowledgment  for  marriage 
out,  in  1808. 

2.  Margaret  Marsh  was  married  12  Mo.  30,  1756,  at  Warring- 
ton Mtg. ,  York  Co.,  to  Elihu  Underwood,  schoolmaster,  of  War- 
rington, son  of  Alexander.     Signers  to  marriage  certificate  were  : 

Jane  McMillan  Mary  Morthland  Elihu  Underwood 

Rebecca  Fincher         John  McMillan  Margret  Underwood 
Elizabeth  Hussey         John  Harry 

Richard  Wickersham  Ruth  Cook  Alexander  Underwood 

James  Peckett  Rebeca  Morthland  Sarah  Underwood 

Charles  Morthland      Ann  Hussey  John  Marsh 
James  Jones                  Elizabeth  Wickersham  William  Marsh 

Samuel  Morthland      William  Morthland  Ruth  Marsh 

Jonathan  Marsh  George  McMillan  Ruth  Morthland 

Susanah  Ward  Armel  Fincher  Petter  Marsh 

Christopher  Hussey  Deborah  McMillan 

Joseph  Garretson  Mary  McMillan 
Aaron  Frazer 

3.  Joshua  Marsh  seems  to  have  disappeared  from  the  records 
after  his  disownment. 

4.  Jotiathai!  Marsh,  of  Warrington,  was  married,  1st,  6  Mo. 
18,  1 76 1,  at  Warrington  Mtg.,  to  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Hugh 
Morthland,  deceased,  and  Rebecca,  his  wife  ;  m.  2d  12  Mo.  16, 
176S,  at  Merion  Meeting,  Chester  Co.,  to  Ann  Packer,  of  Haver- 
ford,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Ann.  He  served  a  number  of  years 
as  overseer  of  Warrington  Meeting.  He  died  in  1795,  leav- 
ing at  least  four  children  :  (i)  James,  by  first  wife,  m.  9  Mo.  14, 
1797,  at  Warrington,  Edith  Hussey,  daughter  of  Record  and 
Miriam,  of  W'arrington,  took  a  certificate  to  Baltimore,  in  1810, 
with  wife — children,  Zilla  and  Amos — ,  and  finally  removed  to 
Ohio;  (2)  Ann,  by  first  wife,  m.  1797,  to  John  Edmonson,  of 
Warrington  ;  (3)  John,  by  second  wife,  m.  5  Mo.  14,  1789,  to 
Hannah  Hussey,  daughter  of  Record  and  Miriam,  removed  to 
Gunpowder  Mtg.,  I\Id.,  in  1790  ;  (4)  Ehzabeth,  m.  i  Mo.  12, 
1792,  at  Warrington  Mtg.,  to  Joseph  Edmondson. 

5.  William  Marsh,  supposed  to  have  been  the  son  of  John, 
was  disowned  by  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  in  1763,  for  mairiage 
out. 

6.  Ruth  Marsh,  supposed  to  have  been  the  daughter  of  John. 

IV.  George  Marsh,  the  first  of  the  family  to  come  to  Penn- 
sylvania, produced  the  following  certificate  of  removal  to  Kennett 
Mo.  Mtg.,  Chester  Co.,  7  Mo.  6,  1729.  He  is  mentioned  in  his 
father's  \vill,  but  no  further  record  of  him  has  been  found  :  i 

'  Original  MS.  in  possession  of  Gilbert  Cope,  of  West  Chester.  See 
facsimile,  page  84. 


420        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 


"  from  our  Meeting  at  the  Grange 
Near  Charlemont  the  22''  of  the 
5th  month  /y^S 
"Whereas  George  Marsh  Son  to  Joshua  Marsh  hath  a  Minde 
to  Transporte  himselfe  topensilvania  in  A  Merica  and  desires  our 
Sertificate  These  are  therefore  to  Sertifie  to  all  whome  may  be 
Concerned  that  the  Said  George  Marsh  is  the  son  of  honest  parents 
whoe  were  Concerned  to  b[r]ing  him  up  in  the  way  of  truth  and 
in  as  much  as  he  is  now  groone  into  years  Capable  to  worke  for 
his  Liveing  and  having  an  inclination  to  goetoAmergea  to  Leave 
his  S''  parants  hath  Consented  thereunto  and  he  being  of  apretty 
orderly  Conversation   therefore  we  doe  recommend   him  to  the 
Care  of  friends  where  he  may  Come   for  his  preservation  in  the 
truth     Signed  in  be[half]  of  our  [torn]  Meet[ing] 

"Post  Script  we  doe  further  Sertifie  that  we  doe  believe  that 
the  Said  George  Marsh  is  free  from  any  engagement  of  marriage 
with  any  woman  here  ' '  Robert  Green 

Bartho  :  Garnett 
Wm.  Whitesite 
Jacob  Marshill 
'  James  Pillar 

John  Griffin 
Tho"  Greer 
Joshua  Marsh 
Joseph  Marsh  " 

V.  Abigail  Marsh  was  married  g  Mo.  4,  1741,  at  Nantmeal 
Friends'  Meeting  House,  Chester  Co.,  to  Thomas  Atherton,  son 
of  Henry  and  Jennet  (Thclwall)  Atherton.  The  following  per- 
sons signed  the  marriage  certificate  : 


Hester  Hockley 
Ruth  Roberts 
Ann  James 
Jane  Kees 
Percy  Hinton 
Mary  Evans 
Ruth  Evans 
Ann  Hockley 
Margaret  Evans 
Rachel  liutler 
Mary  GriHith 


William  Williams 
Cad'  Jones 
Awbrey  Roberts 
Henry  Hockley 
John  (IrifTith 
Samuel  John 
John  Rees 
Arnold  Baset 
Noble  Butler 
Jacob  Jenkin 
William  Kirk 
Timothy  Kirk 


Thomas  Athkrton 
Ahigail  Atherton 

loshua  Marsh 
Jonathan  Marsh 
Peter  Marsh 
Henry  .'\therton 
Thomas  Evans 
Eliza  Evans 
Thomas  McMoUin 
Deborah  McMollin 
Rich')   Thomas  Jun 
Hannah  Thomas 
Elizabeth  Thomas 
Ester  Kvans 
William   Taylor 
Henry  'Taylor 
Robert  Thompson 


Tlie  Marsh  Family  421 

Thomas  Atherton  was  taxed  2s.  in  East  Nantmeal  Twp., 
Chester  County,  in  1740-1.  At  Goshen  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  18, 
1740,  "  Thomas  Atherton  with  the  approbation  of  Uwchlan  Pre- 
parative Meeting  Proposes  to  joyn  himself  to  our  Religious  So- 
ciety who  is  Received  by  us  as  his  Conduct  Proves  Agreeable  to 
our  Our  Principles."  He  was  appointed  an  overseer  of  Nant- 
meal Meeting,  in  1754.  In  1763  he  received  a  certificate  to  re- 
move with  his  wife  Abigail  and  three  children,  Richard,  Henry, 
and  Elizabeth,  to  Warrington  .Mo.  Mtg.,  York  County.  The  cer- 
tificate was  received  at  Warrington,  i  Mo.  14,  1764.  He  died, 
probably  in  1782,  for  his  will'  was  dated  Feb  2,  1774,  and  pro- 
bated Sept.  23,  1782.  His  wife  and  three  children  survived  him. 
Children  :  (l)   Henry  ;   (2)  Richard  ;   (3)  Elizabeth. 

1.  Henry  Atherton,  m.  3  Mo.  22,  1780,  at  Warrington  Mtg., 
to  Ann  Hobson,  of  the  same  place  daughter  of  Francis  and  Ann 
Hobson,  Friends  from  Ireland.  In  1784,  Henry  was  disowned 
by  Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.  for  attending  musters.  About  1790 
they  removed  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1794  were  re- 
ported as  living  in  the  Glades  of  Stony  Creek,  probably  in 
Bedford  County.     Children  :  Mary,  Thomas,  Francis,  and  Ann. 

2.  Richard  Atherton,  m.  5  Mo.  18,  1775,  to  Phebe  Hobson, 
sister  of  Henry's  wife.  The  committee  appointed  to  oversee  the 
marriage  reported  that  the  occasion  had  been  orderly,  ' '  Except 
having  assistants  to  pull  off  the  glove  and  hat."  In  1784  he 
produced  an  acknowledgment  for  marriage  by  a  "hireling 
Teacher."  He  removed  within  the  limits  of  Westland  Mo.  Mtg., 
about  1790. 

3.  Elizabeth  Atherton,  m.  i  Mo.  16,  1777,  to  Alexander  Elliot, 
of  Newberry  Twp.,  York  County,  son  of  Isaac,  deceased.  At 
Warrington  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  13,  1778  ;  they  were  complained  of 
by  Newberry  Mtg.  for  having  differed  and  parted  ;  disowned  8 
Mo.  8,  1778.  In  his  Diary  (1780-1786)  Benjamin  Walker,  of 
Warrington,  under  date  of  5  Mo.  22,  1781,  3d-day,  notes  that  he 
was  "  Diging  a  Grave  for  Elizabeth  EUet  formerly  Atherton,"  at 
Warrington  Friends'  burial  ground. 

VL  Peter  Marsh,  with  the  concurrence  of  Uwchlan  Prepara- 
tive Mtg.,  requested  of  Goshen  Mo.  Mtg.,  4  Mo.  21,  1740,  a 
certificate  of  removal  to  Oley  (Exeter)  Mo.  Mtg.,  Berks  County. 
The  certificate  was  received  at  Exeter  6  Mo.  28,  1740.  A  certi- 
ficate for  him  to  return  to  Goshen  was  signed  by  Exeter,  8  Mo. 
29,  1741.  At  Goshen  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  15,  1743,  "The  Repre- 
sentatives of  Uwchlan  Preparative  Meeting  Acquaints  this  Meeting 
that  Peter  Marsh  Persists  in  keeping  Company  in  Order  for  mar- 
riage with  a  young  woman  not  of  our  Religious  Society."     At  the 

1  Will  in  Register's  Office,  York,  Pa. 


42  2         Immigration  of  t/ic  Irish  Quakers 

meeting  7  Mo.  12,  1743,  he  was  reported  married  out  of  the  So- 
ciety. He  was  then  disowned,  9  Mo.  21,  1743,  the  testimony 
against  him  to  be  read  at  Nantmeal  Meeting  House.  He  was 
taxed  in  Nantmeal  Township,  in  1739.  '"  '^e  tax  list  for  1 740-1 
his  named  has  been  crossed  off. 

He  removed  to  Warrington  Township,  York  County,  about 
1750,  about  the  same  time  as  his  brother  John  and  his  brother-in- 
law  Thomas  McMillan,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  land  at  the  foot 
of  Round  Top.  A  warrant  (No.  36)  for  25  acres  of  land  "on  a 
Branch  of  Beaver  creek  adjoining  Robert  V'eale  [Vale]  in  War- 
rington Township,"  was  granted  to  him  May  7,  175 1  ;  patented 
Dec.  7,  1762  (G.  489).  In  his  will,'  dated  4  Mo.  21,  1788,  pro- 
bated April  4,  1789,  bespeaks  of  his  "meadow  next  Roundtop." 
He  leaves  88  acres  of  land,  which  was  surveyed  May  3,  1753,  to 
his  son  Jonathan,  and  mentions  his  other  children,  John,  Mary 
Jones,  Deborah  Frazer,  Jane  Phillips,  Lydia  Brunton,  Rachel 
Howe,  Rebecca,  and  Esther. 

Deborah,  daughter  of  Peter  Marsh,  born  4  Mo.  5,  1746  ;  m.  i 
Mo.  22,  1772,  to  Joshua  Frazer,  son  of  James  and  Rebecca  (Cox) 
Frazer.  A  daughter,  Elizabeth  Frazer,  married  William  Brinker- 
hoff,  who  when  living  in  Ohio,  in  1876,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two 
years,  gave  the  following  interesting  reminiscences*  of  the 
Marshes  and  Frazers  : 

Peter  Marsh's  wife  Margaret  was  a  Welsh  Quakeress  of  gigan- 
tic size.  Deborah,  the  daughter,  was  buried  beside  her  husband 
and  parents  at  Warrington  Meeting  House.  Joshua  Frazer  was 
first  engaged  to  a  younger  sister  of  Deborah'sof  about  his  own  age, 
and  they  were  to  have  been  married  in  the  spring  of  1771  ;  but 
in  the  fall  of  1770,  with  an  eye  to  securing  some  ready  money  to 
help  him  set  up  housekeeping,  Joshua  kissed  his  sweetheart  good 
bye  and  went  down  into  North  Carolina  to  chop  wood  durinj^the 
winter.  Here  he  met  with  such  success  that  he  concluded  to  stay 
a  little  longer  than  had  been  arranged  for,  and  wrote  to  his  in- 
tended to  that  effect.  But,  unfortunately  for  him,  she  never  re- 
ceived his  letter,  and  when  he  failed  to  appear  at  the  proper 
time  "  the  girl  was  mad  and  up  and  married  another  fcllar  to 
wonst." 

Soon  after,  the  young  Joshua  returned  with  his  pockets  weighted 
with  hard  earned  money  and  his  mind  filled  with  pleasant  anticipa- 
tions of  the  coming  event.  But,  alas,  for  all  his  high  hopes,  the 
girl  had  gone  with  another  man. 

At  length,  Deborah,  an  older  sister,  came  to  the  rescue.  It 
was  true  she  was  somewhat  too  old,  but  what  better  could  be 

'  Register's  Office,  York,  Pa. 

'Notes  taken  at  the  time  by  Smith  Bell  McMillan,  now  of  .Signal,  Ohio. 


The  Marsli  Family  423 

done  ?    So,  in  1772,  she  became  my  future  mother-in-law.     When 
Joshua  asked  Peter  Marsh  for  Debby,  Peter  replied  : 

"Joshua,  I  gave  thee  one  girl,  and  I'm  not  going  to  give  thee 
another. — But,  if  thee  will  come  with  two  horses  and  a  side- 
saddle, and  the  girl  wants  to  go  with  thee,  take  her  right  along." 

The  test  was  soon  made  and  with  a  happy  result  for  Joshua, 
for  "  the  girl  she  climbed  into  the  saddle,  she  did." 

VII.  Jonathan  Marsh  was  married,  in  1748,  by  authority  of 
Exeter  Mo.  Mtg.,  Berks  Co.,  to  Mary  Long,  of  that  meeting, 
probably  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rachel  Long.  The  marriage 
was  authorized  9  Mo.  24,  and  reported  accomplished  10  Mo.  29, 
1748,  so  that  the  ceremony  must  have  occurred  between  the  two 
dates.  He  died  shortly  afterward,  letters  of  administration  on  his 
estate  being  granted  to  his  widow  Jan.  19,  1749-50.  The  follow- 
ing inventory  '  of  his  estate  was  filed  March  i.  1748-9  : 

"  Inventory  of  the  Goods  and  Chattels  &c  of  Jonathan  March 
Decesed  apprised  this  23  Day  of  January  Anno  Dom,  1748/9  by 
us  the  subscribers. 

^       S      d 
to  wering  apparil  Riding  Creator   Saddle   and  Briddle  ...     15       o       o 

to  Horce  &  Meare  ...  .       5      10       o 

to  4  Cows  a  Steear  and  2  yond  haffars 13       o       o 

to  6  Hogs • 115       o 

to  6  Sheeps   ...  ..        .....  ....250 

to  a  plow  harrow  and  Tacklens  i      15       o 

to  a  Steel  of  a  Colling  Bo.'i  and  Sum  old  Cart  Iron o       4       o 

to  a  Cart 8       o       o 

to  all  the  wheat  and  Ry  in  the  Ground  12       o       o 

to  5  .Stocks  of  Beeas  a  heay   fork   22   Skikis  a  Grindstone  2 

Sithes     .... I      12       o 

to  Lome  and  tacklens  &  horse  Gears  and  Cart  Sadie  ....       2     10       o 

to  hog  meat  and  a  podring  tube  and  Cealor I       6       o 

to  flax  and  hampe  hrocken  and  one  broken 017       6 

to  a  womans  Sadel       .  1     10       o 

to  Long  wheal  a  pettecot  Sum  will  and  other  Lumber      ..060 
to  Sum  malt  Barly  flaxseed  a  tube  a  basket  and  peal  ....       o     10       6 

to  flax  yearn  Toney  earn  and  Sum  Salt .3       3       o 

to  a  Bag  of  fatthers  .    .  i      10       o 

to  a  Bed  and   Bed   Cloath       .         .  I      10       o 

to  a  Grubing  howe  Sum  axes  and  old  iron  ,    .        .  .0180 

to  3  pots  a  Crock  and  hangers  a  frian  pan  Sum  other  things         o     18       o 

to  5  Bells  and  Bell  Collars  and  Bre.ick  iron  o     15       o 

to  Chair  2  peals  2  Bags  and  Ridel  o       8       o 

to  2  wheals  ...  ...  .        012       o 

to  putter  Earthen  pans  trunchers  and  Nogans I       6       6 

to  two  glace ( ? )  2  Knifes  and   Sum  other  things  030 

to  Sum  Candels   and   tallow o       5       ^ 

'Papers  No.  1217,  Register's  Office,  West  Chester,  Pa. 


424        hnmigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

^r     s      d 

to'Kneding  trogh  2  Darals  a  Chist  and  the  pekin on       o 

to  a  table  Cloth  and  a  towel  Sum  tow  Cloath  ....  130 

to  Hed  and  Bed  Cloas       .        .      4     10       o 

to  2  Books  and  Sum  drest   Cloth       ...  2159 

to  a  Stack  of  hay I       o       o 

103       o       9 

The  above  was  apprised  by  us  the  Subscribers  the  day  year 
above  written  his 

Enin  E.  Williams 

mark 

Thomas  Slvcer 
Griffith  Griffith" 

Elizabeth  Marsh,  the  only  child  of  Jonathan  Marsh,  was  born 
7  Mo.  29,  1749,  after  her  father's  death.  At  an  Orphans'  Court, 
held  at  Chester,  March  20,   1749,' 

"Mary  Marsh  petitioned  the  Court  on  behalf  of  Elizabeth 
Marsh  y"  daughter  of  Jonathan  Marsh  dece'^  for  the  Court  to  ap- 
point Proper  persons  to  be  her  Guardians  w°''  was  allow'd  of  and 
the  Court  appoints  Thomas  Downing  and  Samuel  James  to  be  her 
Guardians  iS;c." 

Mary  Marsh,  the  widow,  spoken  of  as  a  "young  woman,"  was 
married,  by  authority  of  Exeter  Mo.  Meeting,  between  the  dates 
2  Mo.  26,  and  3  Mo.  31,  1750,  to  John  Williams,  of  Xantmeal 
Meeting,  Chester  Co.,  the  Mo.  Meeting  having  seen  that  "Guar- 
dians [were]  chosen  to  take  Care  of  her  Child."  John  Williams 
removed  with  his  wife  Mary,  children  Henry  and  William,  and 
step- daughter,  Elizabeth  Marsh,  to  Exeter  Mo.  Mtg.,  in  1757,  the 
certificate  of  removal  from  Goshen  being  presented  10  Mo.  27th 
of  that  year.  In  1765  they  returned  again  to  Chester  Co.,  with 
children,  Henry,  William,  Jonathan,  and  Miriam,  presenting  cer- 
tificates to  Uwchlan  Mo.  Mtg.  Elizabeth  Marsh,  "now  Ellis," 
was  complained  of  in  Uwchlan  Mo.  Mtg.,  6  Mo.  8,  1769,  for 
marrying  a  Friend  before  a  Justice,  and  was  disowned  7  Mo.  6, 
1769. 

THE    MACKEY    FAMILY. 

John  Mackey,^  or  Mackie,  of  Kincon,  Parish  of  Kilmore, 
County  Armagh,  "being  weak  in  body,  but  perfect  in  memory," 
made  his  will  4  Mo.  11,  1699.     First.   He  leaves  to  his  wife  the 

'Records  of  Orphans'  Court,  Vol.  V.,  51,  in  office  of  Clerk  of  the 
Court.s,  West  Chester,  Pa. 

^  In  16S1,  "  John  Macky  [County  Down]  had  taken  from  him  for  Tithe, 
by  Hugh  Powell  and  Edmond  MacElcoshker,  two  Stocks  of  wheat,  eleven 
Stooks  of  Oats  and  two  Stocks  of  Barly,  all  worth  seventeen  shillings." — 
Slock  Jiile,   175. 


The  Mackey  Family 


425 


,  and  William  Gray  to  be  over- 
'  my  wife  doe  fully  execute  this 


third  part  of  "all  my  goods  &  Chattells  quick  and  dead  within 
and  without  and  alsoo  my  house  &  Land  duering  her  Life  and  after 
her  decease  to  fall  to  my  Sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin"  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them. 

Item.  "After  my  wifes  third  parte  is  taken  off  I  doe  give  the 
one  half  of  what  remains  to  my  Son  William  and  my  Son  Joseph 
and  my  daughter  Rebecca,"  to  be  divided  equally. 

Ilcvn.      "  I  leave  the  other  halfe  to  my  Son  Benjamin  and  my 
daughter  Martha"  to  be  equally  divided. 
Jle/n.     Wife  to  be  executrix. 
Ite»i.     William   Brownlee,  Jr. 
seers  and  guardians  to  see  that    ' 
my  will." 

Lastly.     Directs  that  his  "  body  be  buried  in  the  buering  Place 
in  the  mueny  belonging  to  the  meeting  of  bailey  hagen." 
Witness  :  Charles  Brown  John  Alackey  [Seal] 

Kellren  Brown 
7  Mo.   6,  1699,  William   Macky,  David   Kell,  Joseph  Mackey 
certify  that  they   have  "  Received  full  Satisfaction  of  our  mother 
concerning  our  fathers  Last  will."     {Recordsof  Ballyhagen  Meet- 
ing-) 

Children  of  John  Mackey  :  I.  Joseph,  II.  William,  III.  Benja- 
min, IV.  Rebecca,  and  V.  Martha. 

I.  Joseph  Mackey,'  of  Kincon,  and  Ann  Sweethen  ^  ["  Swee- 
ton  "  in  minutes  of  Province  Meeting],  of  Cloughan,  both  in 
Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  were  married,  4  Mo.  24, 
1703,  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting.     The  signers  were  : 

Joseph  M.\cky    . 
Sarah  Sweethen 
Mar)'  Gamer 
Martha  Allen 
Hannah  Sweethen 
Elizabeth  Brownloe 
Marj'  McKenell 
Elinor  Garner 
Marger)'  keel 
Mar}'  keel 
Abigail  Gray 


Mongow  McKenell 

William  Morton 
John  Blackburn 
William  Nickalson 
Robert  Bams 
John  Williamson 
William  Gray 
James  Tough 
Matthew  Whinery 
James  Stevenson 
Patrick  Hogg 
John  Winter 
William  Hobson 
John  Scott 
Benj :  Macky 

'  Marriage  Book  Ballyhagen  (Richhill)   Meeting. 

2  Mary  Sweethen,  of  Cloughan,  Parish  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  was 
married,  8  Mo.  22,  1702,  to  John  Lenox  of  Drycroency,  Parish  Clanfekill, 
at  Ballyhagen  Meeting  ;  among  signers  were   Alexander  Sweethen,  John 


Ann  Macky 
Richard  Mathewes 
Alex^  :  Sweethen 
John  Lennox 
Thos.  Toulerton 
William  Sweethen 
William  Hampton 
George  Garner 
William  .\len 
david  kell 


r' 


426         Immigratiol  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

Joseph  Mackie,'  of  Kincon,  County  Armagh,  "  being  advanced 
in  years,"  made  his  will  April  7,  1760  and  it  was  probated  April 
17,  1760.  Directs  that  he  be  buried  in  graveyard  at  "  .M\mny 
Hill."  To  son  Benjamin,  "  My  Cheese  Press  and  no  more  hav- 
ing already  Provided  for  him."  To  grandson,  John  Mackie,  son 
of  William,  deceased,  £(y  when  he  is  twenty-one.  To  Hannah 
Wicklow  one  cow  or  £1  in  case  there  is  no  cow.  To  Jane  f'rizle, 
5s.  To  Sarah  Allen,  5s.  To  Martha  Jackson,  5s.  To  Ann 
Hobson,  5s.  To  Margaret  Fox,  4s.  and  check  reel.  To  Jol  n 
Keller  "my  clothes."  Mentions  sons  Samuel  and  William 
Mackie.     David  Bell  and  Nicholas  Raye  to  be  executors. 

his 

John  J  Mackie 
Witnesses  :  hew  wat  ^^'^ 

David  Kell 
John  Kell 

Children  of  Joseph  and  .Ann  (Sweethen)  Mackey  : 

1.  William  ^lackey  died  prior  to  his  father.     Had  a  son  John. 

2.  John  Mackie,  of  Kincon,  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Ar- 
magh, Ireland,  and  Elizabeth  Hinshaw,  of  Grange,  Parish  of 
"  Clanfeakill,"  County  Tyrone,  were  married,  loMo.  (Dec.)  12, 
1733,  in  Meeting  House  near  Charlemont,  County  Tyrone. 
Among  the  signers  were:  John  Mackie,  Elizabeth  Mackie, 
Jacob  .Marshal,  Thomas  Greer,  Benjamin  Marshel,  William  Poell, 
Thomas  Griffith,  William  Mackie,  Sarah  Mackie,  Joseph  Mar-shel, 
Joseph  Mackie,  William  Allan,  John  Allan,  Jacob  Hinshaw,  Wil- 
liam Vance,  James  Morton. 

3.  Rebecca  Mackey,  born  about  1716,  married  Jacob  Hinshaw 
and  removed  to  Pennsylvania  in  1741. 

4.  Margaret  (?)  m.  Fox  (?). 

5.  Benjamin  Mackee,  of  Kincon,  Parish  of  Kilmore,  County 
Armagh,  son  of  Joseph  Mackey,  and  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Williamson,  of  Ballyhagen,  said  Parish,  were  married  2  Mo.  i, 
1742,  at  Ballyhagen.  Some  of  those  who  signed  certificate 
were  :  Joseph,  William,  John,  .-^nn,  John,  Samuel,  William  and 
Benjamin  Mackie. 

6.  Samuel  Mackey,  living  in  1760. 

7.  Ann  Mackie,  daughter  of  Joseph  Mackie,  of  Kincon,  Parish 
of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  and  Frances  Hobson,  of  Drumolley, 
Parish  of  Loughgall,  County  Armagh,  were  married  9  Mo.  25, 
1741,  in    Meeting   House  at  Ballyhagen.     Among  signers  were  : 

Hinshaw,   Dorothy   Hinshaw,  Elinor  Whinery,  Roliert  Lennox,  Thomas 
Hinshaw,  John  Whinery. 
'  Bay  4,  A'  Tray,  Mo.  8,  Public  Record  Office,  Dublin. 


The  Mac  key  Family  427 

Francis   Hobson,    Ann   Hobson,   Joseph,    Benjamin,   William, 
John,  Samuel,  Benjamin  and  John  Mackie,  and  Ruth  Marsh. 

8.  Hannah  (?),  m.  Wicklow  (?). 

9.  Jane  Mackie,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann,  b.  2  Mo.  20, 
1704  ;  m.  Frizle  (?) 

10.  Sarah  (?),  m.  Allen  (?). 

11.  Martha  (?),  m.  Jackson  (?). 

II.  WiLLiA.M  Mackie  (son  of  John),  of  Rockmacreany, 
Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  made  his  will  10  Mo.  20,  1735. 
To  be  buried  in  the  Money.  £6  to  poor  of  Ballyhagen  Meeting. 
Mentions  son-in-law,  Jacob  Sinton  ;  grandson,  William  Sinton  ; 
son,  Samuel  Mackie  ;  brother  Benjamin's  three  sons,  John,  Will- 
iam, and  Joseph  ;  Benjamin  Mackie's  daughters,  Mary  and  Jean  ; 
sister,  Rebecca  Smith  ;  John  Kell  ;  William,  son  of  Joseph 
Mackie ;  Jane  Mackie,  daughter  of  Samuel  ;  daughter  Sarah 
Sinton  ;  grandsons,  Thomas  and  Jacob  Sinton.  {Rc'cords  of  Bal- 
lyhagen Meeting.) 

III.  Benjamin  Mackey  (son  of  John),  of  Rockmackany, 
Parish  of  Kilmore,  County  Armagh,  and  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
Williamson,  of  Ballyhagen,  were  married  at  Ballyhagen  Meeting,  3 
Mo.  24,  1 7 16.  Among  those  who  signed  the  marriage  certificate 
were  John  Williamson  and  Jane,  William,  Joseph,  and  Ann  Mac- 
key.  They  resided  at  Drumore,  Parish  MuUobrack,  County 
Armagh.      Children  were  : 

1.  John  Mackie  (son  of  Benjamin  ?),  of  Parish  Loughall,  County 
Armagh,  and  Katharine  Meredith,  of  Parish  of  Blaris,  County 
Down,  were  married  2  Mo.  (Apr.)  22,  1737,  in  Meeting  House  in 
Lisburn,  County  Antrim.  Among  signers  were  :  John  Mackie, 
Katharine  Mackie,  John  Meredith,  Jacob  Hinshaw,  Benjamin 
Mackie,  John  Hinshaw. 

2.  William  Mackie. 

3.  Mary  Mackie,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Mackie,  of  Drumore, 
Parish  MuUobrack, 'County  Armagh,  and  Robert  Smith  of  Cora- 
beak,  Parish  Kile,  County  Armagh,  were  married  9  Mo.  21,  1739, 
at  Ballyhagen.  Among  signers  were  :  Robert  Smith,  Mary 
Smith,  James  Smith,  and  Benjamin,  John,  William,  John,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Ann,  Samuel,  Jane,  and  Benjamin  Mackie. 

4.  Jane  Mackie,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Mackie,  of  Drumore, 
Parish  of  Mullaghbrack,  County  Armagh,  and  Joseph  Meredith, 
of  Ahentriske,  Parish  Blaris,  County  Down,  were  married  9  Mo. 
30,  1740. 

5.  Joseph  Mackie. 

IV.  Rebecca  Mackey,  m.  Smith. 

V.  Martha  Mackey  and  William  Allen,  both  of  Ballyhagen 
Meeting,  were  married  at  that  meeting,  i  Mo.  6,  1700. 


428         I»imig7'afion  of  (Jie  Irish  Quakers 


THE  MOORES  OF  BALLINACREE,  COUNTY  ANTRIM 

James  Moore,'  Quaker,  was  residing  on  an  extended  estate  in 
the  Townland  of  Ballinacree,*  Parish  of  Hallymoney,  County 
Antrim,  Ireland,  as  early  as  1675.  In  that  year  he  had  "taken 
from  him  for  Tithe,  by  James  Cunningham,  Tithemonger  under 
John  Dunbar  Priest  of  Bellimunny  Parish,  twelve  Stooks  of 
Barley,  forty  nine  Stooks  of  Oats,  and  seven  car-loads  of  Hey, 
all  worth  three  pounds  four  shillings  six  pence."  (Stockdale,  A 
Great  Cry  of  Oppression,  48,  printed  in  1683.)  The  following 
year  the  same  "  Priest"  took  his  oats,  barley,  wheat,  and  hay  to 
the  value  of  £2.  13s.;  and  thus  each  year  down  to  1682  he  suf- 
fered a  similar  loss.  In  1682,  the  birth  of  a  son  is  thus  recorded 
in  the  Friends'  Registers  :  John  Moore,  son  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth Moore,  of  Ballynacree,  County  Antrim,  was  born  6  Mo.  9, 
1682. 

A  Friends'  Meeting  (Rutty,  343)  was  established  at  Ballinacree,' 

'  According  to  the  tradition  in  tlie  family,  the  Moores  came  to  Ireland 
from  Cumberland,  F.ngland,  during  the  plantations  of  James  I. 

2  About  three  miles  to  the  northwest  of  Ballymoney. 

'Ballinacree  Meeting. — .\t  Ulster  Province  Meeting,  2  Mo.  27,  1702, 
"  The  former  desire  from  this  meeting  concerning  building  a  meeting 
house  for  y''  meeting  near  Ballymony  being  renewed  &  discoursed  att  this 
meeting  butt  for  want  of  Some  friends  from  y'  &  Colerain  meetings  this 
meeting  cannot  have  So  Satisfactory  account  as  they  could  desire  what 
methods  may  he  taken  to  answer  friends  desire  in  y'  matter :  there- 
fore its  y°  desire  of  this  meeting  y'  one  or  more  friends  from  those  meetings 
do  allways  hereafter  attend  y"  pro  :  meeting  &  y'  if  no  progress  be  made 
towards  building  a  meeting  house  nor  James  Moore  y"  younger  willing 
to  accept  or  receive  y'  meeting  or  allow  grouncl  to  build  a  meeting 
house  upon,  then  y'^  mens  Meet,  of  y'  quarter  is  desired  to  endeavour  to 
gett  a  convenient  place  about  y"  center  of  friends  to  build  a  meeting  house 
&  convcniency  for  friends  horses.  And  if  y"  friends  of  those  meetings 
are  nott  willing  to  be  at  y''  charge,  to  propose  y''  Same  to  this  meeting  who 
is  willing  to  help  &  advise  y™  therein,  concerning,  which  this  meeting  de- 
sires answer  to  y'  next  province  meeting." 

At  the  Province  Meeting  4  Mo.  21,  1707,  "  Friends  of  Ballymony 
meeting  give  account  y'  [they]  are  making  preparation  towards  building  a 
meeting  house,  tlio  they  have  not  yett  gott  y"  place  made  Sure  So  they  are 
Still  desire  to  continue  their  care." 

Whether  or  not  the  plans  for  building  a  meeting-house  were  carried  out 
at  this  time  I  have  been  unable  to  determine.  In  1796,  Thomas  Scatter- 
good  {Memoirs,  190)  records  in  his  journal  that  he  "  Rode  to  Ballynacree, 
and  on  the  22d  (I  Mo.)  held  the  preparative  Meeting.  This  meeting- 
house joins  a  dwelling,  and  on  sitting  down,  it  seemed  like  sitting  in  a 
cellar:  two  men,  two  women  and  three  children  composed  it."  On  a 
visit  in  1809,  Thomas  .Shillitoe  (  Life  of  Friends'  I.ihrary,  I20-I )  says  that 
Ballinacree  Meeting  consisted  of  parts  of  two  families  and  that  the  Meet- 


The  Moorcs  of  Ballinacree  429 

near  B.-illymoney,  in  1673,  ^f^  doubtless  was  held  at  James 
Moore's  house,  as  later  meetings  were  regularly  held  there. 
JohnC.ratton,  a  Quaker  minister,  notes  in  \\\i  Journal  (iZ^,)  under 
date  of  6  Mo.  14,  1696,  that  he  lodged  at  "J  Moor's  "  at  Balli- 
nacree. James  Moore's  daughter  Alice  was  married  in  a  Friends' 
Meeting  at  his  own  house,  10  Mo.  17,  1697,  to  Thomas  Irwin,  of 
Lisnegarvy  {Minutes  of  Ulster  Province  Meeting).  6  Mo.  13, 
1698  at  the  Province  Meeting  there  is  mention  of  "  y"  men  and 
womens  meeting  held  at  James  Moors  y' 30"*  of  y«  ^  1698."  From 
this  time  on  there  are  constant  references  to  this  meeting.  In 
1698,  lames  Moore,  of  Ballymoney,  was  appointed  on  a  commit- 
tee of  the  Province  Meeting  to  obtain  subscribers  for  Barclay's 
Apology. 

Thomas  Story,  a  Quaker  minister,  gives  the  following  account 
{Journal,  537)  of  his  visit  to  the  Moores,  in  1716  : 

"On  the  18th  [7  Mo.],  the  great  Rains  having  raised  the 
Waters,  we  had  but  a  small  Meeting  at  Dunclaudy  ;  but  a  very 
broken  tender  Time  it  was,  and  we  were  generally  comforted. 
That  Evening  I  went  forward  about  ten  Miles  to  James  Moor's  at 
Ballimuny  ;  but  his  Wife  being  ill  he  directed  us  to  his  Son 
James  about  a  mile  farther  ;  where  we  staid  that  night. 

"  On  the  19th  I  had  a  Meeting  near  James  Moor's,  the  elder  ; 
which  was  small,  being  Harvest,  and  wet  weather,  and  not  so 
open  as  the  last  ;  and  yet  a  good  Meeting.  That  Evening  I 
went  over  the  River  again  to  Ely  Crocket's." 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  will'  of  James  Moore,  made 
in  1727,  and  probated  by  his  three  sons  who  are  styled 
' '  Quakers  ' ' : 

Abstract  of  the  will  of  James  Moore,  of  Ballynacreemore,  Parish  of  Bal- 
lymoney, County  Antrim,  Ireland,  dated  Dec.  29,  1727. 

My  son  Wm.  Moore  out  of  the  ^^500  he  oweth  me  by  bonds  to  pay 
the  following  legacies:  to  his  son  John  Moore  £^00:  to  his  son  Clot- 
worthy  Moore  ^^50 ;  to  his  son  James  Moore  £$0 ;  to  his  daughter  Jean 
WTiittsitt  ;^5o.  The  remaining  ;if  250  I  leave  and  bequeath  to  himself.  I 
also  bequeath  to  him  the  Quarter  Land  of  Lischeighan  during  his  natural 
life,  then  to  his  son  John  Moore  and  his  heirs  male  forever,  and  failing 
male  heirs  in  him  to  the  next  of  male  kindred ;  also  to  him  my  silver 
Tankard. 

My  son  James  Moore  out  of  the  ^£'500  he  oweth  me  by  bond  to  pay  the 
following   legacies :    to    the   five    children  of  my  son   George    Moore, — 

ing-house  was  under  the  same  roof  as  a  dwelling.  On  my  visit  in  1900 
I  found  that  the  Society  at  this  place  was  extinct  and  was  unable  to  locate 
the  site  of  the  meeting-house  ;  but  I  saw  the  old  Friends'  burial  ground 
called  the  Lamb's  Fold,  at  Enogh,  near  O'Hara  Brook,  about  two  miles 
west  of  Ballymoney. 

1  Public  Record  Office  in  Dublin. 


430        Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

William,  James,  George,  Sarah,  and  Elizabeth  Moore,  £20  each  when 
they  come  of  age,  with  interest  at  six  per  cent ;  to  my  daughter  Alice 
Erwin's  children  £\oo  and  six  small  silver  spoons  — the  ^100  to  be  put  at 
interest  and  the  interest  to  be  paid  to  my  daughter  Alice  Erwin  during  her 
life  and  at  her  death  to  be  given  to  her  children  as  she  is  pleased  to  ap- 
point ;  to  my  grandson  William  Moore,  son  of  John  Moore,  ^50.  Then,  I 
bequeath  the  remaining  ;f  250  to  himself.  Also,  I  leave  to  my  son  James 
Moore  my  tenant  right  of  Ballinacreemore  and  my  part  of  Unckunagh, 
Claughy,  Enogh,  and  Cabragh,  he  or  his  executors  paying  to  my  daughter 
Alice  Erwin  during  the  present  lease  £20  per  year  out  of  said  profit  rent. 
I  bequeath  to  my  said  son  James  Moore  the  Quarterland  of  Beltyton  ' '  and 
my  bigg  Bible  and  silver  drinking  dram  coops''  during  his  natural  life 
and  then  to  his  son  William  Moore  and  his  heirs  male  forever. 

To  my  son  John  Moore  the  bonds  due  nie  by  him  and  the  interest  due  on 
them. 

To  my  son  George  Moore  5s.  and  the  debt  he  is  due  me  by  bonds  and 
otherwise. 

Joseph  Moore  out  of  the  .^550  he  oweth  me  by  bonds  to  pay  the  follow- 
ing legacies  :  to  daughter  Elizabeth  Whitsitt  ;f  100  and  four  silver  spoons  ; 
to  the  children  of  my  daughter  Sarah  Henderson  alias  Courteny  /'too  at 
the  death  of  their  mother  it  being  put  to  interest  at  six  per  cent  to  be  paid 
to  her  during  her  life  yearly  and  at  her  death  to  be  divided  among  her 
children  of  the  name  of  Courteny  ;  to  my  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Erwin 
^50,  with  four  silver  spoons,  and  the  best  bed  and  bed  "  close  that  I  now 
possess "  ;  to  my  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Crockett  £20 ;  to  my  said 
grandson,  John  Moore,  the  son  of  my  son  John  Moore,  £yi.  Then  I 
leave  the  remaining  ^250  to  my  son  Joseph  Moore,  as  also  my  tenant  right 
to  the  Quarterland  of  Broadmillan  and  the  (luarterlandof  Rosnashane  and 
29  acres  of  Diserderrin  as  now  in  his  posses.sion  during  his  natural  life ; 
then  to  his  son  William  Moore  and  his  heirs  male  forever. 

To  my  daughter  Frances  Wilkinson  the  right  of  a  lease  I  let  to  her  son 
William  Wilkinson  and  the  right  of  the  lease  let  to  William  Moore  of 
Drumrahegle  in  trust  for  her  and  husband,  her  husband  paying  the  rent. 

Sons  William,  James,  and  Joseph  Moore  .ippointed  executors. 

James  Moore. 

The  following  are  the  children  of  James  Moore,'  probably  all 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth  :  ' 

'  See  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  II.,  1422-3  (London,  1894). 

'  Robert  Moore,  of  Ballmoney  Meeting,  and  Jennet  Miller,  of  Dunclady 
Meeting,  County  Antrim,  were  m.  6  Mo.  6,  1703,  atthehouseof  the  Widow 
Henderson,  in  Dunclady. 

James  Moore,  of  Ballyraoney  Meeting,  and  Susanna  Forster,  of  Antrim 
Meeting,  were  m.  5  Mo.  7,  1714,  in  the  town  of  Antrim. 

"  David  Moore  and  Mary  Wilkisson  both  of  Ballymony  Meeting"  were 
married  "  att  y°  house    of  James  Moore  near  Ballymony  y''  7th  day  of  y' 

—    '7«5  " 

Joseph  Moore,  of  Ballymoney  and  Mary  Henderson,  of  Dunclady,  were 
m.  3  Mo.  3,  1 72 1,  at  the  house  of  Katharine  Henderson,  in  Dunclady. 

William  Moore,  son  of  James  Moore,  of  Parish  of  I'.allymoney,  County 


The  Moorcs  of  Ballinacree  431 

I.  Alice  Moore  was  married  10  Mo.  17,  1697,  at  a  Friends' 
meeting  at  her  father's  house,  to  Thomas  Erwin,  of  Lisnegarvey. 
Had  a  daughter  Elizabeth  and  other  children. 

II.  A   Daughter,    who  married  Crockett  and  had  a 

daughter,  Elizabeth  Crockett. 

III.  William  Moore,  by  his  father's  will,  received  the  Quar- 
terland  of  Lischeighan.  In  1702  he  settled  at  Killead,  County 
Antrim,  and  became  High  Sheriff  of  Antrim  in  17 18.  He  mar- 
ried    Clotworthy,    and    had    issue  :    (i)  John  Moore,   of 

Moore's  Grove,  County  Antrim,  High  Sheritt'  of  Antrim  in  1733, 
grandfather  of  Captain  Roger  Moore,  of  Killead,  who  was  High 
Sheriff  of  Antrim  in  1750,  and  who,  in  conjunction  with  Captain 
Thomas  Thompson,  in  1760,  marched  a  contingent  of  173  volun- 
teers from  Killead  and  vicinity  to  oppose  the  landing  of  the  French 
at  Carrickfergus  ;  (2)  Clotworthy  ;  (3)  James  ;  (4)  Jean,  mar- 
ried   Whitsitt. 

IV.  James  Moore,  Jr.,  of  Ballymoney  Meeting,  and  Susanna 
Whitsite,  of  Grange  Meeting,  near  Charlemont,  were  married  by 
Friends'  ceremony  at  the  latter  meeting,  10  Mo.  24,  1701.  From 
his  father  he  inherited  the  estate  of  Ballinacreemore,  Unckunagh, 
Claughy,  Enogh,  Cabragh,  and  the  Quarterland  of  Beltyton. 
James  Moore,  Jr.,  continued  in  membership  with  Friends,  the 
meetings  being  held  at  his  house.  His  son,  William  Moore,  in- 
herited the  Ballinacree  estate.     The  latter  died,  leaving  an  only 

daughter  Susanna,  who   married Strettle.      At  her  death 

Ballinacree  passed  to  her  cousin,  Samson  Moore,  a  descendant  of 
X.  Joseph  Moore. 

V.  John  Moore,  of  Lurgan,  County  Armagh,  was  married  4 
Mo.  24,  1702,  at  the  Friends'  Meeting  at  Lurgan,  to  Ruth  Hoope, 
of  Lurgan.  Children,  born  at  Lurgan  :  William,  b.  8  Mo.  21, 
1704  ;  Francis,  b.  2  Mo.  i,  1705  ;  Eleanor,  b.  2  Mo.  24,  1707  ; 
James,  b.  5  Mo.  9,  1708  ;  Robert,  b.  4  Mo.  9,  1709. 

VI.  George  Moore,  married,  7  Mo.  2,  1702,  at  Lurgan  Meet- 
ing, Mary  Hoope,  of  Lurgan.  Had  five  children  :  William, 
James,  George,  Sarah,  and  Elizabeth. 

Antrim,  "  Linnen  Draper,"  and  Mary  Gregg,  daughter  of  George  Gregg, 
of  Parish  of  Termoneny,  County  Londonderry,  farmer,  were  married  2  Mo. 
(Apr.)  14,  1737,  at  Toberhead.     Signers  to  certificate  were  : 

William  Holems  Samson  Brady  William  Gregg  William  Moorb 

William  Moore  Lewes  Raford  Samson  Moore  Mary  Muork 

Andrew  Spotswod        John  Evens  Mary  Hancock  George  Gregg 

William  Reeves  John  Downing  Mary  Richardson  Thomas  Gregg 

Jackson  Clark  Elizabeth  Moore  William  Whitsitt 

Ilobert  Clark  Elizabeth  Moore  William  Whitsitt 

James  Moore 
John  Moore 
Joseph  Moore 

— Marriage  Book  of  Ulster  Quarterly  Meeting,  40. 


432         Immigration  of  the  Irish  Quakers 

\'\\.  Elizabeth  Moore,  was  married,  ii  Mo.  2,  1705,  at  the 
meeting  at  her  father's  house,  to  Joseph  Whitsite,  of  Grange 
near  Charlemont. 

VIII.  Sar.ah   Moore,    married,    ist,  Henderson,   and 

2d,  12  Mo.  9,  1708,  at  a  meeting  at  her  father's  house,  Joseph 
Courtney,  of  Grange  Meeting.  She  had  children  by  second 
marriage. 

IX.  Frances  Moore,  married Wilkinson,  and  had  at 

least  one  son,  William  Wilkinson. 

X.  Joseph  Moore,  of  Ballymoney  Meeting,  and  Susanna 
Brady,  of  Grange  Meeting,  County  Antrim,  were  married  12  Mo. 
6,  1706-7,  at  Grange  Meeting.  (Alinutes  of  Ulster  Province 
Meeting).  Joseph  Moore,  by  his  father's  will  of  1727,  received 
the  Ouarterlands  of  Broadmillan  and  Rosnashane,  and  29  acres 
of  Desertderrin  (now  called  Moore  Lodge),  County  Antrim. 
Issue  :  (i)  William,  eldest  son  ;  (2)  James,  of  Desertderrin,  an- 
cestor of  the  Moores,  of  Moore  Fort,  County  Antrim  ;  (3)  John, 
b.  1712,  ancestor,  of  the  Moores  of  Lischeihan  ;  (4)  Joseph,  b. 
1 7 16,  of  Ahoghill,  hne  extinct  ;  (5)  Samson,  of  Moore  Lodge,  High 
Sheriff  of  Antrim,  1767,  died  1775  ;   (6)  George. 

(i.)  William  Moore,  the  eldest  son,  of  Rosnashane,  b.  Aug.  4, 
1708,  m.  Elizabeth  Courtney,  of  Glenburn,  and  had  three 
daughters  and  two  sons  (i.  Joseph,  Barrister  at-Law,  and  2.  Wil- 
liam). 

Of  these  two  sons,  2.  William  Moore  of  Killagan,  County  An- 
trim, High  Sheriff,  in  1778,  m.  the  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  Warren, 
Rector  of  Kilrea,  County  Londonderry,  and  had  two  sons  :  (ci) 
Samson,  of  Moore  Lodge,  who  subsequently  came  into  the  Bal- 
linacree  estate  on  the  death  of  his  cousin  Susanna  Strettle.  He 
was  Captain  in  the  Antrim  Regiment  ;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
William  Warren,  and  died  without  issue  in  1843,  when  Bal- 
linacree'  was  sold  out  of  the  Moore  family,  {h')  William,  officer 
in  the  3d  Dragoons,  afterwards  Captain  in  the  Antrim  Regi- 
ment, and  High  Sheriff  of  Antrim,  1808.  He  succeeded  his 
brother  Samson  in  the  Moore  Lodge  estates  on  the  accession  of 
the  latter  to  the  Ballinacree  estates.  He  m.  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Richard  Rothe,  Esq.,  of  Mount  Rothe,  County  Kilkenny,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  George,  on  whose  death,  unmarried, 
Moore  Lodge  was  inherited  by  his  cousin 

William  Moore,  son  of  Samson  (d.  1832),  grandson  of  Alex- 
ander' (d.    1840),   and    great-grandson  of  (i)  Joseph,  Barrister. 

'  Ballinacree  House,  eventually  passed  into  the  hands  of  Marcus  Gage, 
now  deceased,  who  pulled  down  the  old  mansion  and  built  a  new  one. 
When  I  visited  the  place  in  1900  it  was  owned  by  Dr.  Hamilton  Ross. 

*  Alexander's  estate  of  Rosnashane  was  sold  about  1844. 


The  Moore s  of  Ballinacree  433 

William  Moore,  the  above,  of  Moore  Lodge,  J. P.,  1M.D.,  was  born 
on  Nov.  13,  1826,  and  died  1901.  Was  High  Sheriff,  County 
Antrim,  1S90  ;  President  of  the  King  and  Queen's  College  of 
Physicians,  Ireland,  1883-1884;  King's  Professor  of  Medicine, 
Trinity  College,  Dublin  ;  was  appointed  Physician-in-Ordinary  to 
the  Queen  in  Ireland,  in  1885.  He  m.  Sept.  3,  1863,  Sydney 
Blanche,  daughter  of  Captain  Abraham  Fuller,  of  Woodfield. 
Children  :  William  ;  John  ;  Alexander  ;  George  ;  Sydney  ;  and 
Roger  Clotworthy. 

Of  these,  William  Moore,'  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  22,1864;  K.  C, 
1899;  M.  p.  (conservative)  for  North  Antrim,  since  1899;  suc- 
ceeded to  the  family  estate  of  Moore  Lodge.^  He  was  graduated 
from  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  in  1S88  ; 
was  called  to  the  Irish  Bar  in  1887  and  the  English  Bar  in  1899. 
Married  Helen  Gertrude,  daughter  of  Joseph  Wilson,  D.L.,  of 
County  Armagh,  in  1888.  Children  :  William  Samson,  b.  April 
17,  1 89 1,  etc. 

1  See  IV/io's  W/io,  1902,  page  920. 

'The  estate  of  Moore  Lodge,  formerly  called  Desertderrin,  is  pleasantly 
situated  on  the  River  Bann,  about  six  miles  south  of  Ballinacree. 


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INDEX 


A  BBOTT,  Alice,  364 
•^    John,  364 

Sarah,  339 

William,  281 
Act  of  Toleration  for  Protestant  Dis- 
senters, 27 
Acton,  Benjamin,  loi,  281 
Acts  of  Uniformity,  cause  of  emigra- 
tion, 42 
Adams  County,  172-176 
Adams,  Joan,  410 

Sarah,  332 
Addy,  James,  298 
Ails,  Stephen,  16S,  169 
Alday,  Alice,  3S5 
Alford,  George,  16S 
Alison,  (See  AUyson)  James,  165 

James,  Jr.,  165 
Alderdice,  James,  321 
Allen  family,  337 

Amy,  337 

James,  326 

John,  141,  142,  337,  381,  426 

Sarah,  426,  427 

William,  367,  426 
AUyson,  Lawrence,  317,  409 
Alment,  John,  294 
Anderson,  Isabelle,  392 

John,  392 

Mabel,  337,  344,  416 

Mary,  298,  324 

Samuel,  298 
Andrew,  Jane,  356 
Andrews  family,  342 

Miriam,  342 

William,  342 
Anglo-Irish  Friends,  36-37 
Antrim,  Edmundsons  settle  at,  15 
Arnold,  Elinor,  282 

Elizabeth,  282 
Arrival  of  Irish  Quakers,  1 88 
Asbury,  Hannah,  383 
Ask,  Samuel,  94 


Ashbridge,  Phebe,  351 
Ashbrook,  John,  278 

Thomas,  313 
Ashton,  Mary,  306 

Peter,  307 

Robert,  130 
Atherton  family,  420-421 

Abigail,  414 

Henry,  38 1 

Richard,  212,  3S1 

Thomas,  420 
Atkinson,  Elizabeth,  410 

Grace,  113 

James,  278,  387 

Lydia,  314,  322 

Margery,  278 

Timothy,  325 
Aubrey,  Letitia,  12S,  1 32 

William,  128 

BABB,  Thomas,  314 
Baily,  Ann,  322 

James,  165 

Joel,  126,  149,  150,  322 

Kesia,  150 

Lydia,  326 

Mary,  39S 

William,  149,  150,  165 
Baker,  Joshua,  287 

Joseph,  303 

Mary,  303 

Sarah,  329 

Thomas,  287 
Baldwin,  John,  121,  351 

Lydia,  35 1 
Ballinacree,  428,  432 
Baltimore,  Lord,  jev  Calvert  family, 

316 
Bane,  Alexander,  359 

Jane,  359 
Bank  Meeting  House,  107-108 
Barber,  Robert,  162 
Barclay,  John,  97 


445 


446 


Index 


Barcroft,  Jacob,  292 

Ruth,  292 

Sarah,  362 
Barger,  Thomas,  290 
Barnard,  Alice,  40I 

Milton,  143 

Kichard,  diarist,  143,  197 
Barnes,  Robert,  425 
Barrington,  John,  274 
Barton,  Isaac,  288 
Ba>et,  Arnold,  420 
Ba'einan,  Mary,  398 

Miles,  minister,  visits  Ireland,  16 
Bates  family,  3S5-3S6 

Abigail,  387 

William,  382,  383.  384,385-386 
Baxter,  Joseph,  405 
Beale,  Elizabeth,  151 

John      Bewley,     custodian     of 
Friend's  records,  Dublin,  34, 

35 

Joshua,  151,  152 

Joseph,  152 

Rachel,  152 

Samuel,  152 

Sarah,  152 

Thomas,  151 
Eeals,  Caleb,  172 

Jacob,  172 

John,  172 

Rachel,  172 

William,  173,  236 
Bears,  207-8 
Bedwell,  William,  367 
Beeson,  Henry,  l8l 

John,  353 

Richard,  353 
Belhaven,  Lord,  237 
Bell  family,  390 

Abigail,  307 

Archibald,  a  Scotch-Irish 
Friend,  36,  390 

David,  426 

Frances,  362 

Isabell,  307 

Jane,  362,  367,  400 

John,  329,  394 

Joseph,  404 

Marie,  404 

Sarah,  404 
Bellarby,  Isaac,  291 


Belley  [Baily?],  Caisia,  165 
Hellore,  Mathias,  382 
Bennett,  John,  1 17 

Joseph,  164,  165,  168 

Rebecca,  163,  165,  168 
Bentley,  William,  326 
lierks  County,  109 
Berthwaite,  Margaret,  338 
Bethel,  Sarah,  340 
Beverly  family,  347 

James,    326 

Jane,  357 

Jennett,  347 

Mary,  225,  326,  357 

Samuel,  147,  326,  357 

William,  326 
Bewley,     Mungo,    of    Dublin,    48, 

100 
Bezer,  Mary,  321 
Kiddle,  Clement,  306 

Owen,  306 
Bishon,  Nicholas,  174 
Birmingham,  117 
Bishop,  Patience,  326 
Black,  George,  410 

William,  diarist,  245,  265 
Blackburn  family,  360-361 

Alice,  379 

Anthony,  174,  183,  232,  379 

Elizabeth,  223 

Eliza,  354 

John,  174,  175,  231,  232,  354, 
359,  360,361,  379,  425 

Joseph,  183,  232,  380 

Margaret,  359,  3S0 

Mary,  354 

Moses,  176,  380 

Rebecca,  174,  359 

Thomas,   171,    174,    176,    181, 

232.  355.379 
Blacker,  George,  410 
Blackney,  Mary,  3S1 
Blake,  Edward  ,  1 20 

John,  397 
Blatchford,  Richard,  381 
Blaugdcn,   Barbara,    minister,  visits 

Ireland,  24-25 
Blevin,  Thomas,  407 
Blunston,  Samuel,  162,  335 

John,  339 

Marga'ct,  339 


Indi 


ex 


447 


Boaks  or  Boakc,  Amos,  60,  310 

Abel,  310 

Anne,  310 

Sarah,  310 
Bond,  Anne,  351 
Bonsall,  Mar)',  340 

Obadiah,  340 

Sarah,  340 
Books,  235-6 
Boone,  Daniel,  Kentucky  pioneer,  109 

George,  109 
Booth,  Charles,  2S3,  314 

Elizabeth,  2S3,  315 
Borum,  Klizabeth,  406 
Bowen,  Jane,  311 

Sarah,  311 

Thomas,  311 
Boweram,  John,  268 
Boyd  family,  362-364 

Benjamin,  230,  399 

George,  167 

Jane,  362,  400 

John,   160,  171,  362,  365,  393, 
400 

Patrick,  102 

Samuel,  160,  378 

William,  160,  17 1,  365 
Boyes,  Ann,  333 

John,  292,  326,  364 

Lydia,  307 

Mary,  292,  364 

Richard,    277,    292,   300,   307, 
311,  332,  347,  364,  394 

Robert,  330,  364 
Boyne,  After  Battle  of  the,  30 
Bradford  Monthly  Meeting,  152 
Bradshaw,  Ann,  313 

James,  313.391-392 

Lemuel,  lOI 

Thomas,  410 

William,  391 
Brady,  Samson,  431 

Susanna,  432 
Braithwaite,  Joseph,  3S5 

Margaret,  385 

Rachel,  385 

Sarah,  385 
Branson,  William,  413 
Braselton,  John,  359 
Bready,  Ann,  363 
^rian,  see  Bryan 


"  Brick  Meeting,"  158 
Ilrientnall,  Joseph,  219 
Hrindley,  Jacob,  402 
llrinkcrhoff,  William,  422 
Brinton,  Joseph,  353 

Mary,  349 

Moses,  349,  353 

William,  198 
Britten,  Jacob,  298 

John,  29S 

John,  298 

Susanna,  29S 
Broom,  Daniel,  318 
Brown,  Charles,  425 

Daniel,  324,  413 

Elizabeth,  172,  376 

Ellis,  406 

James,  116,  158 

Jeremiah,  236 

Joshua,  traveling  minister,  1S4 

Kellren,  425 

Richard,  376 

William,  158,  236,  376,  377 
Brownlee,  Elizabeth,  425 

William,  425 
Bnmton,  I.ydia,  422 
Bryan  family,  390 

Ann,  333 

Thomas,  390 

William,  390 
llryn,  Rebecca,  301 
Llrj'ne,  Daniel,  302 

Joshua,  302 

Rebecca,  302 
Buckley,  Samuel,  281 
Bucks  County,  109 
Bufiington,  Phebe,  340 

Richard,  340 

Ruth,  321 
Bulla,  or  Bullough,  Elizabeth,  362 

George,  320 

Katharine,  320 

Mary,  362 

Richard,  378 

Thomas,  161,  164,366,  378,410 
Bullock,  see  Bulla 
Bullough,  see  Bulla 
Bunting,  Martha,   342 
Burne,  Matthew  ,  283 
Burrough,   Edward,  minister,   visits 
Ireland,  20-24,  37S 


448 


Index 


Burson,  David,  346 
Bushby,  Uinah,  294 
Butler,  Noble,  420 

Rachel,  420 
Burt,  Elizabeth,  406 

Hannah,  405 

Sarah,  406 
Business  Meetings,  220-222 

CADWALADER,  Abigail,  290 
David,  290 

Susanna,  290 
Caldwell,  Vincent,  126 
Cales,  Aiolce,  loi 
Cain  Meeting,  152-153 
Calvert  family,  316-318 

Ann,  312 

George,  Lord  Baltimore,  316 

Grace,  316 

Jane,  312,  317 

John,  313,  316,  320,  322 

Joshua,  321 

Joseph,  366 

Judith,  322 

Leonard,  316 

Mathias,  394 

Marj',  366 

Thomas,  312,  313,  316,  322 
Camm,  Henry,  283 

John,  2S3 

Mary,  283 
Canady,  Elizabeth,  297 

Hugh,  296,  297 
Canby,  Mary,  306 
Cane,  Ann,  141,  327,  336 

John,  141,  143,   227,  234,  314, 
327,  336 

Margaret,  336 

Robert  143,  336 
Cannassetego,    Chief  of   the   Onon- 

dagas,  242 
Cantrell,  Godfrey,  325,    374 

John,  325 
Card-playing,  222 
Carleton,  Caleb,  287 

Dinah,  287 

Hannah,  287 

Isabel,  286 

Lydia,  287 

Mark,  96,  286,  287 

Martha,  287 


Carleton,   Rachel,  296 

Sarah,  287 

Samuel,  2S7 

Susanna,  286,  287 

Thomas,  126,  286,  287 
Carlyle,  Ann,  350 

Thomas.  350 
Carolinas,  Irish  Friends  in,  42 
Carpenter,  John,  letter  of,  67-68 

Samuel,  128,  141,  2S1 
Carroll,  Margery,  346 

Sarah,  346 
Carson,  Agnes,  1 74 

Ellen,  174 

Jane,  404 

Margaret,  165 

Mary,  348 

Patrick,  165 

Richard,  212 

Walter,  174 

William,  348 
Carter,  Hannah,  322 

^Iary.  322 
Cartmill,  Dorothy,  325 

Martm,  325 

Nathaniel,  325 

Thomas,  325 
Castleshane  Meeting,  395 
Causes  of  emigration,  religious  and 

economic,  42-49 
Cavan  Meeting  established,  19 
Celtic-Irish,  32-35 
Center  Meeting,  New  Castle  County, 

122-124 
Center  Square  Meeting  House,  108 
Certificates  of  removal,  56,  57 
Certificate  of  removal.  The,  84-85 
Chads,  Elizabeth,  316 
Chalfant  family,  335 

Henry,  335 

J"hn.  335 

Jonathan,  335 
Chalklcy,  Thomas,  21S,  389 
Chamberlin  family,  359 

Abel,  297 

Jonas,  160,  164,  359 
Chambers  family,  391 

Catharine,  304 

Deborah,  21 1 

John,  a  Scotch-Irish  Friend,  of 
Dublin,  36,  211 


Index 


449 


Chambers,  Richard,  32S 

Robert,  313,  391 

WilHam,  32S 
Chandlee,  Benjamin,  157,  279 

Nath.,  279 

William,  172,  279,  2S0 
Champion,  John,  3S8 

Mary,  388 
Chandler,  Ann,  377 

Rachel,  315 

William,  337,  377 
Charlemont,  Lord,  366 
Charles  II.,  Restoration  of,  25 
Charlton,  John,  343    ■ 
Checochinican,    Indian    chief,    147, 

148 
Chesnon,  Richard,  174 
Chester  County,  124-159 
Chester    Meeting    House,    built    in 

1693,  113,  114 
Chester  Mills,  115 
Chester     Monthly     Meeting,      no, 

"3 

Chew,  Hannah,  3S7 
Chichester  Meeting,  116,  117 
Child,  Mary,  62 

Thomas,  62,  322 
Church,  Elizabeth,  382 

Richard,  29S 
Churchman,  Hannah,  377 

John,  158,  236,  377 

Sarah,  377 

Susanna,  303 
Christy,  Alexander,  343,   393,  409, 
410 

Ann,  401 

John,  410 

Margaret,  409 

Thomas,  343 
Clapboard  house.  The,  190-192 
Clark  family,  343-344 

Elizabeth,  343 

Jackson,  43 1 

Jane,  362 

John,  343 

Robert,  43 1 

Samuel,  339,  343 

Sarah,  355 

Walter,  343,  394 
Clarridge,  Samuel,  54 
Clay,  John,  404 

29 


Claypoole,  James,  letter-book  of,  55 

Tames,  252 

John,  252 
Clayton,  Mary,  150,  289 

Richard,  minister,  visits  Ireland,- 
17-1S,  149,  150 
Clearing  the  Land,  190 
Cleaver,  Peter,  169,  402 
Cleck,  Moses,  Presbyterian  minister, 

becomes  a  Quaker,  36 
Clement,  Judge  John,  42 

Joseph,  386 

Mercy,  3S6 
Clemson,  James,  165 
Clendenon,  John,  375 
Clibborn,  Ann,  327 

William,  327 
Clifton,  Ann,  292 
Cloak,  Peter,  301 
Cloud,  Mordecai,  I49,  150 
Clung,  Sarah,  405 
Coates  family,  179,  302 

Aaron,  171 

Ann,  372 

Dr.  Jesse,  154 

Mo.ses,  77.  154.  155.  302 

Susanna,  302 

Thomas,  154 
Coatesville     named     for    an     Irish 

Quaker,  154 
Cocks,  se!  Cox 
Coeburn  family,  303 

Elizabeth,  303 

Joseph,  199,  201,  303 

Rebecca,  304 

Thomas,  303 

William,  303 
Collett,  George,  144,  280 

Mary,  2S0 

Tobias,  139 
Collins,  Ann,  402 

Francis,  3S6 

John,  177,  402 

Joseph,  177 

"Margaret,  301,  386 

Mary.  402 

Priscilla,  3S6 
Combe,  John,  393 

Samuel,  47,  284 
Combs,  John,  394 
Comley,  David,  346 


45° 


Index 


Concord  Meeting,  1 16 

Concord  Monthly  Meeting,  Ii6,  117 

Conway  or  Connaway  family,   314, 

319 

Thomas,  119,  313,  3I4 
Conolly,  Eunice,  294 
Conrey,  Edward,  391 
Contribution  of   the  Irish   Quakers, 

275-276 
Cook,  Ann,  402 

Edward,    becomes    a    Quaker, 
21-22  ;  24 

Elmira,  J.,  401 

Elizabeth,  319 

Grace,  315 

Hannah,  379 

Henry,  397,  404,  405 

Jane,  397 

Jesse,  402,  405 

Joan,  296 

John,  296 

Joseph,  371 

Josiah,  404 

Margaret,    travelling     minister, 
1S2 

Mary.  397.  405 

Mary  Ann,  404 

Peter,  16S,  371,  379,  402,  417, 
418 

Ruth,  405,  419 

Sarah,  1 72,  371,  379 

Thomas,  168 

William  W.,  404 
Cooper  family,  277,  347 

Calvin,  164 

Mary,  387 

William,  347,  387 
Cope,  Gilbert,  historian,  113, 1 19, 124 

Samuel,  306 
Coppock,  Bartholomew,  115 

William,  160 
Cornish,  Henrj-,  312 
Cottcy,  Abel,  279 

Sarah,  270 
Courtney,  Elizabeth,  432 

Joseph,  432 

Mary,  369 

Ruth,  332 

Samson,  399 

Sarah,  430,  432 

Toby,  302 


Courtney, Thomas,  302,  394 

William,  37S 
Cointship,  215-216 
Cowman,  Jarrett,  398 

Jeremiah,    sea-captain,  69,  71, 

76-77.  305.  341 

Nathan,  sea-captain,  95,  341 
Cox,  (j«  Cocks)  family,  172 

Amy  or  Emey,  174,  337 

Ann,  1 68 

Dinah,  176,  3S0 

Isaac,  16S 

Jacob,  176 

John,  168,  172,  174 

Mary,  165,  168,  176 

Rebecca,  165,  168,  422 

Samuel,  165 

Sarah,  363 

Thomas,  165,  1 68 

William,  121,  165 
Cradle  for  cutting  grain    introduced 

into  Chester  County,  197 
Craig,  Joanna,  400,  401,  405 

Mary,  168,  400 

Williani,  400 
Crainer,  ICIizabcth,  377 
Crawford,  Abel  Lee,  404 

Joseph,  401 
Cresap  War,  144 
Crispin,  Silas,  256 

Captain  William,  256 
Crockett,    Eli,    157,    347-348.  37'. 
394,  429 

Elizabeth,  430,  431 

Gilbert,  34S 

John,  347 
Crook,  Grace,  II5 

William,  323 
Crooks,  Ann,  390 

Richard,  390 
Crops,  failure  of,  a  cause  of  emigra- 
tion, 48 
Crosland,  Alice,  31 6 
Crosley,  Ann,  362 

Hetty,  308 
Crowley.  Joanna,  315 
Cromwell,  Henry,  Lord   Lieutenant 
of  Ireland,   II,  25 

Oliver,  in  Ireland,  9-10 
Cromwellian  soldiers  in  Ireland  be- 
come Quakers,  12,  20,  21,  37 


Index 


451 


Cromwellian  Seulement,  10-12 
Crumptoii,  John,  shipmaster,  loi 
Cunningham,  Ann,  293 

Elinor,  293 

Elizabeth,  293 

James,  42S 

"Mary,  293 
Cuppage,  Elizabeth,  2S1 

Experience,  264 

Major  Robert,  264 

Robert,  281 

Thomas,  264,  2S5 
Curlis,  Richard,  loi 
Curry,  Dr.,  21 7 
Cutler,  Benjamin,  404 

Rebecca,  404 

Susanna,  404 

DAGGER,  John,  3S3 
Dancing,  222-223 
Darragh,  Charles,  274 

Lydia,  273-274,  298 

William,  274 
Davenport,  Isaac,  301 
Davis,  Catharine,  396 

Daniel,  398 

David,  415 

Ellis,  415 

Esther,  165,  168 

Franklin,  398 
■  James,  326 

Richard,  415 

Uriah,  39S 
Darlington,  Margaret,  93 
Dawson,  Catharine,  315 

Elizabeth,  86,  87,  411,  412 

James,  86,  87,  411,  412 
Day,  Ann,  163,  165 

John,  163,  164,  165,  166 

Mrs.  Rachel  W.,  396 
Dean,  Alexander,  230,  297,  299 

David,  297 

Elizabeth,  295 

James,  230,  299 

John,  299 

Joseph,  297,  299 

Ruth,  299 

Samuel,  299 

William,  149,  150 
Decou,  Isaac,  387 

Rachel,  387 


Decble,  Dorothy,  291 

Elizabeth,  2gl 

George,  291,  307 

Jane,  291 

Jerome,  291 

Sarah,  291 
Delaney,  Daniel,  385 

Martin,  385 

Rachel,  3S5 

Sharp,  3S5 

William,  385 
Delap  family,  379 

John,  214 

Ruth,  86,  379,  411 

Sarah,  213 

William,  98,  174,  175,  367,  379 
Dennen,  Andrew,  361 
Dennis,  Hannah,  277 

John,  282 

Thomas,  382 
Delaware  County,  no 
Delhvood,  Dr.,  217 
Descriptive   pamphlets   of   Pennsyl- 
vania induces  immigration,  54 
Desertderrin,  430,  432,  433 
Dickinson,  Jonathan,  203,  262,  288 

Joseph,  308,  326 

Sarah,  405 
Dicks,  Elizabeth,  174 
Disorderly  conduct,  227-22S 
Distribution  of  Irish  Friends,  106 
"  Divine  Light,"  5 
Dixon  or  Dixson  family,  179,  319, 
320 

Ann,  336 

Anthony,  313 

Henry,  121,  184,  319,  320 

John,  121,  184,  315 

Joseph,  358 

Rose,  319 

Simon,  337 

William,  122,    129,    313,    315, 

319,  391 
Dobson,  Abigail,  315 

Richard,  315 
Domey,  James,  300 
Douglas,  Jeremiah,  334 

Ruth,  310 

Samuel,  85 
Downey,  Hannah,  298 

James,  298 


45: 


Index 


Downliam,  James,  407 
Downing,  John,  431 

Sarah',  349 

Thomas,  424 

WilUam,  349 
Drayton-in-the-Clay,  3 
Dress,  202-205 
Drewett,  Morgan,  lig 
Drewry,  Thomas,  296 
Drinker,  Elizabeth,  294,  388 

Henry,  294,  388 

WilHam,  294 
Drinking,  223-226 
Driskle,  Elizabeth,  199 
Drogheda,  Taking  of  by  Cromwell, 

10 
Druett,  Hannah,  270 
Dublin,  First  meeting  held  at,  20 
Duck,  Elizabeth,  320 
Dutfy,  Emma,  6,  405 

Judge  Edward,  405 
Dunbar,  John,  42S 
Dundas,  Bethia,  238 

James,  238 

Laird  of,  238 
Dungannon,  Lady,  394 
Dunn,  Susanna,  404 
Dwelling,  The,  190-I93 

EARL  of  Chesterfield,  374 
Earle,  John,  16S 
Early,  Daniel,  16S 
East  Cain  Township,  153-154 
Eastlack,  Elizabeth,  277 

Francis,  387 

Hepzibah,  3S7 

John,  387 

Sarah,  277 
East  Nantmeal  Township,  155-156 
East  Noltinghani,  159 
Eavenson,  Richard,  149,  1 50 

Jemima,  150 
Economic  causes  of  emigration,  46- 

49 
Edge,  Ann,  306 
Jacob,  306 
Jane,  306 

John,  IIS,  3^6,  371.  373 
Mary,  351 
Rachel,  351 
Sarah,  306 


Edgerton,  Abigail,  365 
Grace,  365 
Joseph,  353,  365 
Edmunds,  Thomas,   132,  133 
Edmundson  family,  393 
Caleb,  290 
Grace,  13 
Hannah,  399 
John,  13,  14,  15,  419 
Joseph,  419 
Joshua  William,  14 
Mary,  2go 
Margaret,  14 
Thomas,  15,  290 
William,  sketch  of,  13-16  ;  re- 
turns to  England  to  confer  with 
George    Fox,    17;    travels  in 
the  ministry  and  is  imprisoned, 
18-19;    removes    to    County 
Cavan  and  becomes  a  farmer, 
19;  is  instrumental  in  releas- 
ing Friends  from  prison,  26  ; 
assists    in     organizing     Irish 
Quakerism,    27  ;     champions 
cause      of      Friends      during 
troubles  between  William  and 
James,  29 ;  his  sufferings  after 
Battle  of  the  Hoyne,  30  ;  his 
death,   31  ;    mentioned,    58  \ 
loo,  no,  218,  374,  393 
Edward,  Jane,  311 
Elgar,  Elizabeth,  39S 
Joseph,  39S 
Margaret,  39S 
Ellicott,  Allen,  39S 
Elliott,  Alexander,  421 
Elizabeth,  421 
Hannah,  298 
Ellis,  Elizabeth,  424 

Simon,  386 
Ehnslic,  John,  384 
Ely,  George,  235 
Emerson,  Lambert,  34I 
Emigration,  obstructions  to,  1 89 
Emlen,  Ann,  327 
Hannah,  247 
Empson,  Cornelius,  120 
England  in  the  middle  of  the  Seven- 
teenth Century,  3 
England,  I'hilip,  279 
Engle,  Abigail,  308 


Index 


453 


English,  Joseph,  140,  150 

Enniskillen,  Siege  of,  28 

Enogh,  429 

Equipment  of  House  and  Farm,  193- 

202 
Errott,  Francis,  28S 

WiUiam,  28S 
Erwin,  AHce,  430 

Elizabeth,  430,  431 

John,  295 

Mar)',  296 

Thomas,    230,   399,  429,  430, 

431 
Essex  House,  in,  113 
Estaugh,  John,  141 
Eustace,  Sir  Morris,  26 
Evans,  family,  357 

Ann,  350 

Evan,  132,  133,  142 

Esther,  420 

Eliza,  420 

Jesse,  351 

John,  132,  133,  431 

Joseph,  354 

Mary,  354,  420 

Margaret,  420 

Rachel,  365 

Rowland,  350 

Ruth,  420 

Samuel,  355 

Thomas,  420 

William,  160 
Everitt,  Isaac,  418 

John,  418 

Martha,  41S 
Every,  Daniel,  335 
Eves,  Elizabeth,  357 

Hannah,  357 

John.  357 

Joseph,  357 

Mark,  294,  357 
Exeter  Meeting,  109 
Expansion  of  Pennsylvania  Quaker- 
ism southward  and  westward, 
177-1S5 

FADE,  James,  45 
Fagg's  Manor,  144-145 
Fairlamb,  Catharine,  30S 
Fairman,  Thomas,  mansion  of,  107  ; 
141,  253 


Fairs,  75,  206-207 
Falkner,  Jane,  397 

Jesse,  177,  397 
False  reports  go  to  Ireland,  71 
Famine    year   of   1729   in    Ireland, 

48  _ 
Farquhar  family,  396,  398-399 

Allen,  398 

Ann,  39S 

Benjamin,  39S 

Elizabeth,  398 

John,  396 

Mary,  396 

Rachel,  395 

William,  357,  39S 

William,  395 
Faucett  family,  115,  307 

Grace,  113 

Richard,  362 

Thomas,  5o 

Walter,  Sketch  of,  1 13,  II4 
Fayle,  Joshua,  100 

Samuel,  loo 

William  14,  393 
Fearne,  Rebecca,  115 

Sarah,  384 
Fegan,  James,  235 

Joshua,  386 
Fell,  Lydia,  364,  405 

Margaret,  22 
Fenny  iJrayton,  3 
Fenwick,  John,  3S5 
Ferguson,  William,  395,  396 
Ferree,  John.  31S 

Leah,  398 
Ferris,  Sarah,  342 
Fifth  Monarchy  men,  Rising  of,  25 
Fincher,  John,  168,  370 

Francis,  165,  16S 

Hannah,  165 

Jane,  168,  370 

Rebecca,  419 
Fire-place,  193-19S 
Fioland,  Thomas,  165 
First  F'riends'   Meeting   in    Penna., 

no 
Firth,  John,  301 
Fisher,  Elizabeth,  371 

Martha,  261 

Thomas,  371 
Fitzwater,  Sarah,  263 


454 


hid  ex 


Fletcher,  Elizabeth,  minister,  visits 
Ireland,   19-20 
Jonathan,  408 
Sarah,  369 
Flower,  Abigail,  334 
Mary,  334 
Richard,  322 
Food,  224 

Ford,  Elizabeth,  355 
Forster,  Susanna,  430 
Foster,  Alice,  320 
Elizabeth,   330 
Margaret,  406 
Fothergill,  John,   219 
Foukes,    Richard,  first    meeting    in 
Dublin  held  at  his  house,  20 
Foulk,  Eneas,  402 
Fox,  Christopher,  4 

George,  sketch  of,  3-6 ;  men- 
tioned, 15  ;  organizes  Irish 
Quakerism,  27  ;  suggests  a 
Quaker   Colony  in    America, 

50 ;  394 

Mary,  4 
Francis,  Thomas,   269 
Frazier,  or  I'razer,  Aaron,  419 

Alexander,  16S 

Ann,  406 

Deborah,  422 

Elizabeth,  422 

James,  168,  422 

Joshua,  422 

Moses,  337 

Rebecca,  422 
Fred  or  Fredd  family,  308-309 

Benjamin,  60,130,  132, 133,  134, 
139,  210,  211,  223,  225,  229 

John,   117,   198-200,   211,  308, 

325 

Katharine,  325 

Nicholas,  117,  308 

Rachel,  211,  325 
Free  Society  of  Traders  induces  im- 
migration, 54  ;  147 
Freeman,  John,  394 
Frizle,  Jane,  426,  427 
Fuller,  Abraham,  21S,  250,  2S1 

Capt.  Abraham,  433 

Henry,  281 

Mary,  281 

Sydney  Blanche,  433 


Funerals,  216-217 

Furnace  family,  101 

John,  loi 

r'AGE,  Marcus,  432 

Garner,  Elinor,  425 

George,  425 

Mary,  425 
Gamett,  liartholomew,  420 

Jonatlian,  350 

Joseph,     136,    143,     297,    329, 

335 

Mary,  350 

Thomas,    131,   132,    133,    134, 
136,  142,  196,  329 
Garretson,  Alice,  167,  405 

Ann,  163,  165,  168,  404 

Christopher,  163 

Content,    163,    165,    168,     370 
404,  405, 

George,  107 

Jane,  404 

John,  163,  165,  16S,  404 

Joseph,    165,    168,    172,    177, 
214,  403,  419 

Martha,  165,  172 

Margaret,  404 

Mary,  172 

Naomi,  172 

Rebecca,  405 

Samuel,  167,  405 

Sarah,  31 1,  397 

William,   165,    166,    168,   169, 
172,  i\\,  402 
Gause,  Jonathan,  347 

William,  347 
Gavin,  Jo.,  100,  373 
Gawin,  Joseph,  310 
George,  Elizabeth,  365 

Ellen,  365 

Jane,  339 

Mar)',  365 
Gibbons,  Ann,  373 

James,  373 

John,  116 
Gibson,  Alice,  357,  360 
(iilbert,  Susanna,  381 
Giljiin,  Ann,  32S 

Joseph,  328 

Mary,  362 


Index 


455 


(iilpin,  Sarnli,  371,  379 

lilan,  David,  369 

Glasford,  Hugh,  317 
Jane,  317 
Margaret,  317 

Gnus,  Elizabe  b,  313 

GrofT,  Charles,  393 

Goldney,  Henrj',  139 

Goldsmith,  George,   3S3,  3S4,   3S6, 
38S 

Goodbody,  Ann,  292,  375 

Gould,   Anne,    minister,    visits  Ire- 
land, iS 

Graffiti,  Margaret,  263 

Graham,  Ferguson,  370 

Graves,  see  Greeves,  Samuel,  123 

Gray,  Abigail,  86,  411,  367,  425 
James,  234 
Samuel,  86,  411 
William,  86,  394,  411,  425 

Great  Meeting  House,  Phil  a.,  108 

Great  ^Rebellion  of  1641,  8-9 

Great  Valley  of  Chester  County,  151, 

152-154 
Greave,  Sarah,  337 
Greaves,   see   Graves,    Thomas,   366 
Green,  Elizabeth,  282,  316 

Henry,  316 

Jane,  363,  400 

Joseph,  363,  364,  400 

John,  364 

Lydia,  364 

Margaret,  364 

William,  384 
Greenway,   Robert,   captain  of  ship 

IVekome,  III,  279 
Greenfield,  Hannah,  337 
Greenwood,  James,  344,  393 
Greer  family,  368,  391 

Elizabeth,  86,  87,  411,  412 

Jane,  300 

John,  293 

Mary,  86,  87,  367,  411,  412] 

Robert,  293,  369,  393,  420 

Sarah,  362 

Thomas,  86,  87,  98,  411,  412, 
420,  426 
Gregg  family,  178,  179,  319,  334 

Dinah,  287 

George,  399,  431 

John,  130,  365 


Gregg,  Lydia,  2S7 
Mary,  43 1 
Michael,  67-6S 
Thomas,    184,    2S7,    322,    393, 

431 

William,  122,  399,  431 
Gribble,  Nicholas,  375 

Sarah,  375 
Griest  family,  404 

Ann,  404 

Hannah,  395 

Susanna,  397 

Willing,  404 
Griffin,  John,  420 
Griffith  family,  355-6,  404 

Abraham,  402,  403 

Ann,  395,  404 

Christopher,  160 

Elizabeth,  361 

Esther,  31S,  401 

Evan,  324 

Eve,  361,  395,  398 

Griffith,  424 

Joanna,  400,  401,  405 

John,  160,  318,  413,  416,  420 

Mary,  401,  420 

Ruth,  397,  405 

Susanna,  398 

Thomas,  86,  87,  35S,  361,  395, 
398,  411,  412,  426 

William,    165,    168,   400,   401, 
402,  404,  405 
Griffitts,  Frances,  262,  288 

George,  262,  288 

Hannah,  263 

Isaac,  263 

Martha,  89,  288 

Mary,  263 

Thomas,  sketch    of,    262-263 ; 
288 
Griggs,  John,  333 
Gwynn,  John,  401 
Hackel,  Ed.,  240 
Haddock  {see  Ilaydock), 

John,  368 

Margaret,  369 

Rebecca,  368 

William,  329 
Hadly  or  Hadley  family,  179,  340 

Deborah,  309,  338,  340,  356 

Joseph,  223 


456 


Index 


Hadly,  John,  354 

Joshua,  309 

Katharine,  2i6,  33S 

Ruth,  336 

Sarah,  309,  356 

Simon,   132,   133,   134-S,   137. 
196,  211,  216,  229,  236,  309, 
338.  340 
Hainan,  EMzabeth,  353 
Haines,  Joseph,  236 

Joseph,  337 

Miriam,  337 

Patience,  326 

Ruth,  326 
Haldon,  John,  300 
Halhead,  Miles,  minister,  visits  Ire- 
land, 16 
Hall,  John,  389 
Halliday  family,  336 

Ann,  323 

Deborah,  211,  336,  337 

Jacob,  337 

James,  410 

Margaret,  326 

Phebe,  337 

Rachel,  348 

Robert,  337,  344 

William,    131,    132,  133,    135, 
136,  193,211,223,336,337, 
348 
Hambridge,  Row  : ,  loi 
Hamel,  James,   348 
Hamilton.  Thomas,   174 
Hammond,  Alice,  396 

Deborah,  397 

Klizabeth,   397 

John,  397 
Hampton,  Michael,   367 

William,  425 
Hancock,  Ann,  3S0 

Mary,  431 
Hannum,  Col.  John,  306 
Hansell,  Samuel,  267 
Hanson    Jonathan,  326 
Harding,  Elizabeth,  39I 

Ann,  392 

Dorothy,  391 

John,  39t 

Mary,  330 
HarKin  family,  179,  320-332 

Aaron,  129,  193 


Harlan,  Abigail,  334 

A.  H.,  322 

Deborah,  318 

Dinah,  320 

Elizabeth,  315,  318,  320 

George,  letter  of,  62-63 ! 
122,  123,  126,  1 28,  129,  149, 
150,  176,  193,  195,217,315, 
318,  320 

Ezekiel,  12S,  129,  146,  147, 
342 

Hannah,  315 

Isabella,  320 

James,  129,  320 

Joshua,  129 

Margaret,  176 

Michael,  122,  129,  143,  226, 
287,  319,  320 

Moses,  129,  143,  176, 

Stephen,  149 

Susanna,  2S7 

Thomas,  319,  320 

William,  146 
Harris  family,  395,  397 

Elizabeth,  397 

Nathan,  396 

Roger,  304 

Sarah,  304 
Harrison,  James,  313 

Nicholas,  313 
Harry,  Ann,  331 
Hartley,  Jane,  342 

Thomas,  342 
Harvey,  Elizabeth,  397 

Thomas,  393 
Harvests,  226 
Harwood,  John,  239 
Hatton,  Lettice,  293 
Hawkins,  Elizabeth,  294 

William,  308 
Hawley,  lienjamin,  117 
Haydock  family,  361-362 

(see    IKiddock)    Walter,  361 
Hayes,  Stephen,  214 

Mary.  335 
Hayling,  Mary,  267 
Heacock,  M.ary,  289 
Head,  Henjamin,  304,  339 

Mary,  69,  211,  305,339 

Sarah,  305 
Ileald,  Elizabeth,  316 


Inde.\ 


457 


Heald,  Mary,  321 

Sarah,  321 
Hearlam,  Jane,  300 
Hearth,  193-195 
Hempfield  Meeting,  162 
Hetherington,  Abigail,  2SS 
Hewitt  family,  379,  381 

George.  176,  397 

Jacob  B.,  397 

Joseph,  176,  381 
Henderson,  James,  362 

Katharine,  2S6,  301,  34S,  391 

Margaret,  348 

Mary,  430 

Patrick,  97,  301,  394 

S.,  234 

Sarah,  391,  430,  432 

the  Widow,  430 

Thomas,  97 

William,  292 
Hendrick,  Jacob,  Swede,  of  N.   J., 

192 
Hendricks,  family,  396 

Hannah,  396 

Martha,  3S0 

Mary,  380 

Patience,  3S0 
Henry,  Robert,  362 
Heron,  Alexander,  409 
Herriott,  John,  279 
Heston,  Zebulon,    iSl 
Hibberd,  Joseph,  398 

Phebe,  39S 
Hicks,  Thomas,  371 
Hiett, family,  178,  179,   360 

Elizabeth,  360 

Thomas,  356,  360 
Hill,  Ann,  360 

Deborah,  337 

James,  296 

John,  402 

Margaret,  296 

Richard,  96 

Samuel,  360 

Sarah,  389 
Hillary,  Christopher,  285,  313 

Dorothy,  313 

Francis,  285,  323,  410 

Henry,  2S5 

Marmaduke,  285 

Mary,  281 


Hillary,   Nathaniel,  285 

Samuel,  285 
Hind,  James,  304 

Ruth,  304 
Hinkson,  Jane,  308 

John,  308 
Hinton,  Percy,  420 
Hinshaw  family,  179,  366-9 

Ann,  402 

Dorothy,  426 

Elizabeth,  426 

Jacob,  98,   174,   176,  356,  362, 
366,  402,  426,  427 

John,  362,  426,  427 

Margaret,  362 

Mary,  362 

Rebecca,  356,  366,  402 

Thomas,  402,  426 

William,  402 
Hoaker  or  Hooper,  Hugh,  75 
Hoare,  Samuel,  152 
Hobson  family,  167,  179,  1S4,  329- 

330,  3S1 
Ann,  421,  426,  427 
Benjamin,  372 
Elizabeth,  329 
Francis,    132,    133,    136,    171, 

176,  199.329.345.  367.381, 
393,  416,  421,  426 

Hannah,  416 

John,  416 

Joseph,  416 

Lawrence,  372 

Martha,  78 

Phebe,  212,  421 

Richmond  P.,  171 

Ruth,  416 

Sarah,  41 6 

William,  416,  425 
Hockley,  Ann,  420 

Henry,  420 

Hester,  420 
Hockessin  Meeting,  121 
Hodgen,  George,  392 
Hodgin,  Robert,  164,  165 

Theodate,  168 
Hodgkinson,  Ann,  392 

Eleanor,  392 

John,  392 
Hodgson  family,  396 

George,  313 


458 


Index 


Hodgson,  James,  396 
Hogg,  John,  387 

Patrick,  425 
Holcomb,  b'.lizaheth,  384 

Ricliard,  256 
Holding,  John,  393 
Holems,  William,  431 
Holland,  Henry,  405 

Henry,  364 

Lydia,  364,  405 

Patrick,  301 
Hollin,  Richard,  410 
HoUingsworth  family,  178,  179,  311- 
316 

Ann,  311,  322 

Catharine,  215 

Henry,  60,  lOI,  127,  130,  312, 
320,  322 

Lydia,  322 

Mary,  319 

Samuel,  117,  321,  342 

Thomas,  122.  123,  31S 

Valentine,  62,    117,   llS,    I20, 
122,  123,  126,  129,  159,  311, 
318,  322 
Holm,  Patrick,  98 
Holme,  Benjamin,  letter  of,  67  ;  211 

Eleanor,  256 

Esther,  256 

Michael,  256 

Sarah,  256 

Thomas,  sketch   of,    247-256 ; 
44.  277.  278 

Tryall,  256 
Holmes,  Isabel,  339 
Hoope  or  Hoopes  family,  392 

Eleanor,  63,  320 

Isabella,  3S1 

John,  323 

Mary,  355,  431 

Robert,  63,  313,  320,  322,  323, 
392,  410 

Ruth,  431 
Hooper,  Nicholas,  73,  78 
Hoopes,  William,  235,  371 
Hope,  Thomas,  126 
Hopewell  Meeting,  Va.,  17S 
llorne,  William,  19S 
Horner,  Mary,  410 
Horseman,  Charles,  402 

Eli,  402 


Hospitality  of  Old  Settlers,  iSS 
House  Huilding,  190-193 
Houston,  Anthony,  132,  133 
Houghton,  John,  320 

Martha,  315 
Houlton,  Nathaniel,  328 
How,  Abraham,  403 
Howe,  Rachel,  422 
Howell,  Charles,  79,  290 

Cicorge,  292 

William,  287 
Howgill,    Francis,     minister,    visits 

Ireland,  20-24 
Hoy,  Ralph,  29I 
Hudson,  Edward,  393,  394 

Hannah,  294 
Hugg  family,  386 

Jolin,  353,  386 
Hughes,  Amy,  370 

Samuel,    199 
Huse,  William,  132,  133 
Hunt,  Samuel,  diarist,  197 
Hunter,  James,  160,  289,  37S 

Jane,  306 

John,  371,  378,  399 

Peter,  289,  304 

William,  37S 
Huntington  Meeting,  1 72-173 
Hume,  Isabel,  238 

James,  23S 
Ilurst,  John,  3S4 

Hussey,   Ann,   163,  165,   172,  402, 
405 

Christopher,  165,  168,  419 

Edith,  177,  4X9 

Elizabeth,  419 

Hannah,  406,  419 

Jane,   290,  405 

Jediali,  290,  405 

John,  120,  290 

Lydia,  346 

Margaret,  165 

Miriam,  419 

Nathan,  163,  165,  168,  177 

Record,  419 
Hutchinson,  I'riscilla,  302 
Hutton     family,     184,     327,     330- 
332 

Benjamin,  366 

Deborah,  340 

John,  64,  66,  167,  339,  347 


Index 


459 


Hutton,  Joseph,   64,  66,   131,    132, 

133.  136.  166,  167,  199,  211, 

225,  3fao,  395 
Joel,  381 
Levi,  397 
Mary,  211,  309 
Neheniiah,   65,   66,    no,    211. 

212,  22J,  225,328,  340 
Samuel,  171,  395 
Thomas,   letters  of,  61,  64-67  ; 

110,  360,  394,  395 
William,  171 

TGNEW,  Andrew,  327 

^      Maiy,  327 

Immigrants,  assisted  by  meetings,  in 
Penna.,  95-9S  ;  in  Ireland, 9S 

Immigration  to  Pennsylvania, induce- 
ments for  {stc  William  Penn), 
50-So 

Indented  servants,  see  Redemptioners 

Indians,  Newlin's  difficulty  with, 
147-149 

Ingram,  Leathe,  I97 

"  Inner  Light,"  4 

Intemperance,  223-226 

Inventories,  195-201 

Ireton  succeeds  Cromwell  in  Ire- 
land, 10 

Irish  Quakers  on  Welcome,  III 

Irish  Quakers  well  adapted  for 
pioneer  life,  189-187;  mostly 
of  English  stock,  1S7 

Irish  Tenth  of  West  Jersey,  42 

Irish  Friends  return  to  Ireland  on 
business  trips,  60 

Irish  landholders  dispossessed  and 
driven  into  Province  of  Con- 
naught,  in  1652,  II 

Isickers,  Valentine,  172 

Istariot,  James,  230 

JACKSON  family,   179,  335,  341, 

-'  349-350 

Ann,  211,  328,  348,  349 

Anthony,  349 

Caleb,  348 

Dorothy,  373 

Elizabeth  {see  Pike), 

Isaac,  71,  32S,  337,  349,  357 

James,  357 

Joseph,  3 2$ 


Jackson,  John,  306,  310,  325,  337 

Jeremiah,  349 

Mary,  211 

Martha,  426,  427 

Richard,  349,  374 

Ruth,  347 

Sarah,  337 

Samuel,  159,  161,  211,  347 

Richard,  349,  374 

Rebecca,  328,  348,  349 

Thomas,  131,  132,  133,  135, 
136,  137,  146,  199,  201,  209- 
212,  214,  217,  225,  229,  236, 

309.  340,  357.  373 

William,  357 
Jacob,  Caleb,  283 
Elizabeth,  283 
Isaac,  2S9 
Rebecca,  289, 

Thomas,  303 
Jacobs,  Richard,  291 

Thomas,  315 
James  II.,  Accession  of,  28;  Invades 

Ireland,  29 
James,  Ann,  420 

Samuel,  424 
Janney,  Susan,  370 
Jarvis  or  Jervis  family,  38S 

Charles,  38S 

John,  388 

Martin,  294,  3S8 

Sarah,  294 
Jay,  William,  405 

Jemmison,  Dr.  David,  of  York,  Pa., 
I  381 

Jenkin,  Jacob,  420 
Jervis,  see  Jarvis 
Job,  Andrew,  158,  236 
John,  Hannah,  290 

Samuel,  290,  420 
Johnson  family,  179,  326,  338 

Abigail,  393 

Elizabeth,  393 

James,  21 1 

Joseph,  326 

Joshua,  326 

Margaret,  210,  211 

Mary,  323 

Richard,  393 

Robert,  132,  133,  136,  210,  2U, 
216,  326 


460  Index 


Johnson, William,  217,  298 
Jones,  Ann.  363 

Arthur,  211,  339 

Cadwallader,  420 

Content,  405 

Edward,  405 

Francis,  303 

Griffith,  27S 

Henry,  336 

Isaac,   267 

James,  419 

Jane,  405 

John,  97 

Mary,  422 

Phebe,  326 

Susan,  398 

Susanna,  381 

Thomas,  279 
Jordan,  John,  32S 
Journey  to  new  home,  189 

KEAN,  William,  199 
Keimer,  Samuel,  219 
Keith,  George,  239,  2S1 
Kell,  Ann,  390 

David,  367,  390,  425,  426,  427 

John,  426,  427 

Margery,  425 

Mary,  425 
Kelly,  Joseph,  199 

Mary,  401 
Kenedy  (see  Canady),  Hugh,  98 
Kennett  Monthly  Meeting,  125-130 
Kennett,  origin  of  name,  128 
Kennett  Square,  129 
Kennett  Township,   128-130 
Kenworthy,  Joshua,  168,  172 

Rebecca,  172 
Kerr,  Joseph,  86,  87,  411,  412 
Kilmore,  Friends  convinced  at,  iS 
King,  Abigail,  86,  87,  411,  412 

Deborah,  328 

John,  362 

Merrick,  328,  329,  394 

Richard,  329 

Thomas,  409 
Kirk  family,  177,  17S,  1S4,  322-325 

Alphonsus,  119,  122,  157,  207- 
208,  227,  320,  321 

Abigail,  208 

Deborah,  313,  320,  410 


Kirk,  Dinah,  313 

Elizabeth,  320 

Jacob,  167,  355,357,  410 

Jane,  326 

Rachel,  331 

Rebecca,  357 

Robert,  320    410 

Roger,  157,  227,  320,  410 

Samuel,  311,  410 

Thomas,  201 

Timothy,  152,  156,  157,  167, 
208,223,313,  320,  331,  393, 
410,  412,  417,  420 

William,    156,  208,   412,   413, 
416,  417,  420 
Kitchien,  John,  199 
Koch,  Jacob,  397 
Kolc,  Isaac,  41S 
Kneller,  Sir  Godfrey,  388 
Knight,  John,  286 

Margery,  286,  287 

Thomas,  286 
Knox,  Andrew,  393 

T  ACY,  John,  iSi 

■'-'  Dago,  Mar)-,  see  Mar)'  Fox 

Laird,  Jacob,  404 

Jane,  404 
Lamb's  Fold,  429 
Lampley,  Judith,  315 
Lancaster,    James,     minister,    visits 
Ireland,  16 

Isabel,  407 

John,   288 
Lancaster  County,  159-162 
Lander,  William,  301 
Langbrce,  Thomas,  393 
Lashly,  George,  149,  150 
Lawder,  or  Lander,  William,  408,409 
Lawlessness  of  the  Itish   Catholics 

a  cause  of  emigration,  45 
Latchew,  ICve,  396 
Laybuurn,  Joseph,  328,  330,  33I 

Rachel  328,  331 

Samuel,  64 
Leacock  Meeting,  161 
Leazc,  Hannah,  336 
Lecky,  Jane,  305 

Mary,  305 

Robert,  305 
Lee,  Amos,  373 


Index 


461 


Leech,  Joseph,  405 

Phebe,  290,  346 

Richard,  363 

Sarah,  290,  363 

Thomas,  290,  346,  363 
Leeds,  Daniel,  383 
Lennox,  John,  425 

Robert,  426 
Leonard,  Richard,  366 
Letilia's  Manor,  127-12S,  130,  I32 
Letters  to  and  from  Ireland  62-79, 

89-92,  230,  374-375 
Lewis,  Ann,  365 

Curtis,  326 

Ellis,  149,  150 

Elizabeth,  150 

Hannah,  373,  384 

Henr\-,  233 
Lightfoot  family,  338-340 

Benjamin,  no 

Catharine,  356,  39S 

Eleanor,  352 

Jacob,  2U 

Margaret,  329 

Mary,  343 

Michael,    131,    132,    133,    135, 
137,  152.  195,  196,  211,  229, 

236,  332.  339,  343,  352 
Samuel,  152,  211 
Sarah,  332 
Thomas,  60,  70,  139,  152,  211, 

21S-219,  236,  329,   33S,  356 
William,  60,  61,    349 
Lindley  family,  179,  336 
Deborah,  193,  337 
Eleanor,  211,  336 
Jacob,  336,  337,  352 
James,  75,   78,   131,  132,  133, 

134,  136,  142,  143,  161,  210, 

211,  216,229,236,336,337; 

inventory  of,  200 
Jonathan,  337 
Mabel,  194 
Mary,  352 
Sarah,  211,  352 
Thomas,    69,    161,    227,    291, 

305,  336 
Little,  Elizabeth,  297 
Littler,  Samuel,  236 
Lloyd,    David,    leader    of    Popular 

Party,  242 


Lloyd,  Hannah,  342 
Robert,  loi 
Thomas,  256 
Loe,   Thomas,  minister,    visits   Ire- 
and   converts  William   Penn, 
27,  250 
Logan,  Hannah,  237 

Isabelle,  237-240,  319 
James,  36,  127,  130,  145,  I4S  ; 
sketch  of,  237-247  ;    autobi- 
ography,  238-240 ;    Gov.    of 
Pa.,  241  ;  leader  of  Proprie- 
tory Party,  241-242  ;  relations 
witii   Indians,    242;    literary 
pursuits,    243 ;    personal    ap- 
pearance,   245  ;    unsuccessful 
courtship,  245-247  ;  marriage 
and  death,  247  ;  his  runaway 
servant,  I02  ;  266,  282 
Patrick,  36,   237,  238,  239,  240 
Sarah,  247 
William,  23S,  247 
Log  house.  The,  192-193 
London  Grove  Meeting  House,  143 
Township,  1 32,  136-I43 
Meeting,  143 
Monthly  Meeting,  139 
Land  Company,  132,  139-141 
Londonderry,  Friends  convinced  at, 
18 
Siege  of,  28 
Long,  Mary,  423 
Rachel,  423 
Robert,  423 
Longshore,  William,  405 
Longstreth,  Ann,  302 

Jane,  302 
Louge,  William,  loi 
Love,  Alexander,  349 
Faithful,  37S 

James,  160,  171,  177,  378 
Low,  John,  277,  293,  353 
Joseph,  277 
Joshua,  167 
Lowden  family,  334-335 

John,   130,  131,  132,  133,  134, 
195-196,   217,  229,  329,  334 
Margaret,  1 36,  329,  334 
William,  226,  228-231,  335 
Richard,  335 
Lowden  vs.  Smith,  case  of,  228—231 


462 


Index 


Lucken,  Margaret,  301 
Ludlow,  10 
Lufle,  lulward,  96 
Lurgan,   i'dmundsons  settle  at,  15  ; 
meeting    established     at,     in 
1654,  16 
Lurting,   Thomas,  Quaker  sea  cap- 
tain, 42,  383 
MAcCONNKLI.,  Daniel,  321 
MacElcoshkcr,  Kdniund,  424 
Mackey  family,  424-428 

Ann,  367,  381 

Benjamin,  367 

John,  367 

Joseph,  367,  381 

Martha,  337 

Mary,  3S9 

Rebecca,  367,  402 
MacWard,  Miles,  102 
Maddon,  Robert,  367 
Malcum  (see  Millcum),  John,  300 
Malin  family,  314 

Joseph,'  351 

Randal,  314,  336 

Mary,  336 

Rachel,  336 
Malone,  William,  64 

"  Little  Tom,"  64 
Man,  Ann,  335 

Francis,  335 

Judith,  335 
Manchester  Meeting,  see  Newberry 
Manor  of  Steyning,    127-128,    130, 

'32 
Mantz,  Elizabeth,  396 
Map  of  Newlin  Township,  149 
Mark,  Isabel,  286 
Markets,  206-207 
Maris,  George,  1 15 

Hannah,  322 
Marlborough      Township,     Chester 

County,  143-147 
Mnrlnee,  Jared,  406 
Marriage  Certificate,  The,  210-211 
Marriages,  209-215 
Marsh  family,  406-424 

Abigail,  85,  88 

Elizabeth,  88,  89,  376,  399 

Cieorge,  342 

Henry,  349 

Jane,  349,  363,  401 


Marsh,  John,  S5-S8,  155,  171,  376, 
402 
Jonathan,  85,  88,  171,  402 
Joshua,  84-88,   155,  171,  376, 

399 

Peter,  85,  88,  161,  402 

Rachel,  349 

Ruth,  427 

William,  171,  349 
Marshall   (also   Marshill),    Abigail, 
368 

Abram,  131,  132,  133,  211 

Abraham,  149,  150 

Ann,  199,  217,  224.  356 

Benjamin,  85,  86,  87,  98,  367, 
372,  411,412,  426 

Deborah,  293 

Jacob,  84,85,86,  87,356,359, 
368,  372,  411,  412,  420, 
426 

John,  356 

Josejjh,  368,  372,  426 

Mary,  367 

Richard,  393 

Ruth,  368 

Margaret  356,  368 

Sarah,  293 

Thomas,  310 

William,  356 
Martin,  Joseph,  341 

Ruth,  211,  341 

Sarah,  329 

Thomas,  329 
Maryland,  Irish  Kriends  in,  42 
Massey,  Daniel,  284 

George,  35 1 

Samuel,  48,  93,  285 

Sarah,  93,  2S4 
Matthews,  Mathew,  or  Matlics  fam- 
ily. 391 

Alexander,  409,  410 

Elizabeth,  378 

(jeorgc,  326 

Jean,  279 

Joan,  410 

Margaret,  199 

Marv,  321 

<  )livcr,  398 

Richard,  425 

Sarah,  32() 

William,  177 


Index 


46J 


Mauliiin,  Col.  Francis,  315 

Ann,  315 
Maule,  Kethia,  238 

William,  238 
May,  John,  234,  235 
Mayne,  lienjamin,  287 
Mayson,  Richardson,  393 
McAdams,  John,  402 
McAnabley,  Sarah,  165 
McAnele,  Charles,  165 
McCann,  David,  367 
McClun  or  McClung,  34 
Elizabeth,  353 
Sarah,  347 
Thomas,  160,  353 
McCoIlura,  Thomas,  213 
McComb,  John,  2S0,  2S1 
McCool  family,  33,  179 
Gabriel,  389 
James,  3S9 
John,  3S9 
Olivia,  343,  3S9 
William,  342 
McConnell,  John,  406 
McCrannall,  Patrick,  367 
McCreary  family,  397 
David,  397 
Hannah,  346 
Sarah,  346 
McCurdy,  D.,  234 

Daniel,  235 
McFerran,  Elizabeth,  3S0 
McGrew  family,  3S0-3S1 
Alexander,  184 
Deborah,  361 
Elizabeth,  174 
Finley,  174,  184,  3S0 
James,  183,  227,  361,  3S0 
Mary,  361 
Nathan,  361 
Simon,  183 
McKenell,   Mary,  425 

Mongow,  425 
McKetrick   or  McKitrick,   Hannah, 
381 
Jonas,  367,  381 
Mary,  38 1 
McKinley,  Mrs.  Ida  Saxton,  321 

William,  late  Pres.  of  U.  S.,  321 
McKoy,  Mary,  215 
Robert,  215 


McMillan,  McMollin,  or  McMuUen 
family,  34,  184,  399-406 
Abigail,  346 
Deborah,   363,    376,   399,  414 

416,  419,  420 
Enos,  397 
George,     l6q,     171,     201-202, 

233-235.  367.  419 
Jacob,  397 
James,  363 
Jane,  346,  363,  419 
John,  171,  346,  363,  419 
Mary,  419 
Rebecca,  214 
Ruth,  397 
Smith  Bell,  202 
Sarah,  397 
Thomas,    156,    169,    363,    376, 

399.  416,  417,  420,  422 
William,  170,  171^  399 
McNabb,  34 

Dorothy,  354 
Elizabeth,  354 
Jane,  354,  370 
John,  354 
William,  160,  354 
McNamee,  JJarnabas,  184,  377 
McNiece  or  McNice,  34 

Lsaiah,  97,  295 
McQuillan,  35 

McRannell    or    McRaunells,    John, 
230,  359 
Joseph,  376 
Meetings  for  Worship,  217-220 
Meetings  for  Business,  217-222 
Meeting  Discipline,  222-233 
Melvin,  Andrew,  393 

Sarah,  378 
Men,  work  of  on  farm,  205 
Menallen  Meeting,  173-176 
Mendenhall,  Aaron,  373 
Abner,  287 
Elizabeth,  302 
George,  373 
John,  153,  302 
Rose,  373 
Mento,  George,  394 
Meredith,  John,  427 
Joseph,  427 
Katharine,  427 
Reece,  132,  133 


464 


Index 


Mercer,  Richard,  394 

Ruth,  365 
Method  of  I'uvchasing  Land,  189 
Michener,  Dr.  Ezra,  133 

Kllwood,  131,  133 
Mickle  family,  277,  357-358, 

Archibald,  277 

John,  174,  213,  277,  357 

Robert,  176,  333,  357 

William,  235 
Middlcton,  Hugh,  382 
MidldIT,  Esther,  207 
MitBin,  Mrs.  Hannah,  396 
Milhous  family,  1 79,  535 

Peter,  172 

Sarah,  355 

Thomas,    132,    133,    134,   152, 

293.  355.  356 
Mililcen,  Mary,  29S 
Millcum,    (Malcum    or    Milcomb), 
Ann,   certilicale  of,  56-57,  300 
Miller   family,   325-32S,   347,  356- 

357 
Ann,  396,  398 
Benjamin,  318 
Catharine,  309,  355,  398 
Deborah,  334 
Gayen,  126,  128, 129,  131,  132, 

136,  211,  309.325.  338,  348 
Grizel,  2S5 

Hannah,  336 

Henry,  291,  302 

James,  137,  199,  236,  309,  325, 

336,  339.  341.  355.  356,  373. 

398,  405 
Jennett,  430 
John,  13!,    132,  133,  135,  136, 

137,  196,  198,  325,  331,  332 
Joseph,  324 

Margaret,  211,   325,   338,  347, 

348 
Martha,  211,  318 
Mary,  136,  211,331,332,  347 
Robert,  153,  167,  394,  405 
Richard,  355 
Ruth,  346 
Samuel,    167,    228,    330,    332, 

347 
Sarah,  211,  302,  332,338,  355, 

405 
William,  336 


Military  Service,  231-233 
Mills,  Mary,  346 

I'hebe,  346 

Robert,  346 
Minnich,  Daniel,  396 
Minshall,  Ann,  348 

Hannah,  363 

John,  348 
Mires,  Eleazer,  168 
Mode,  Alexander,  337,  371 

Hannah,  371 

Rebecca,  371 
Monocacy  Meeting,  Md.,  178 
Montgomery,  Alexander,  337 
Montgomery  County,  109 
Monthly  Meeting,  221-222 
Moody,  John,  234,  235 

Samuel,  235 
Moone,  Paul,  238 

Moony  (see  O'Mooney),  Neal,  199 
Moore  family,  348-349,  428-433 

Andrew,  159,  161,  164,  336 

Daniel,  310 

James,  165,  230,  297,  347,  348, 

37',  394.  399 

Jane,  401 

Joseph,  401 

Lawrence,  393 

Mary,  213 

Robert,  174 

Ruth,  401 

William,  2S7,  399 
Moore  Lodge,  432,  433 
Morris,  Ann,  406 

Anthony,  96 

James,  2.S7 
Morthland,  Charles,  419 

Hugh,  419 

Mary,  4 19 

Rebecca,  419 

Ruth,  419 

Samuel,  402, 
Morton  family,  354 

Deborah,  3S1 

Elinor,  354 

James,  410,  426 

John,  176,  369,  381,^410 

Mary,  381 

Richard,  378 

Samuel,  354,  369 

William,  354,  425 


Index 


465 


Moss,  Joseph,  256 
Mountrath,  Earl  of,  26 
Mulleanoux,  Edward,  16S 
Mulligan,  David,  330 
Murray,  Earl  of,  238 

Ann,  35S 

John,  358 
Musgrove  family,  179,  31S 

Hannah,  154,  302 

lame?,  22S 

John,  119,  159.  213.  22S,  313, 
31S,  32^ 

Joseph,  129 

Martha,  326 

Thomas,  63,  154 
Myers,  John  T.,  405 

Sarah  A.  (Cook),  405 

MANTMEAL  Meeting,  156 
•'■'      Nash,  James,  342 
Naylor,  James,  15 
Neal  family,  366 

Dorothy,  372 

Henry,  354,  366 

Robert,  366 

William,  372,  374 
Nehinger,  Mary,  39S 
Need,  Ann,  309 

Joseph,  309 
Nelson,  Samuel,  235 
Nevitt  or  Nevet  family,  366 

Ann,  380 

Elizabeth,  3S0 

Ellen,  374 

Hannah,  379,  402 

Isaac,  3S0 

John,  297,  310 

Joseph,  365,  379 

Mary,  365,  379 

Ruth,  3S0 

Thomas,    160,    176,    365,    366, 
374,  3S0 

William,  171,  379-3S0,  402 
Newark  Meeting,  118-120 
Newark  Monthly  Meeting,  125-130 
Newberry  Meeting,  163-167 
Newberry,  Nathaniel,   152 
Newby  or  Newbie  family,  3S6-387 

John.  339 

Mark,  42,  278,  382,  383,  384, 
386-387 

30 


Newby,  Martha,  332 

Mary,  339 
New    Castle   County   on  Delaware, 

118,  132 
New  Castle  Meeting,  120 
New  Garden  Meeting,   County  Car- 
low,  Ireland,  130 
New  Garden  Meeting,  I'a.,  136-138 
New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  Pa., 

138-139;  records  of,  139 
New    Garden     Township,     Chester 

County,  130-136 
New  Garden    Dinner  Table,  A,   in 

1714,  197 
New  Jersey,  Irish  Friends  in,  42,  383 
Newlin  family,  179,  184 
Ann,  380 

John,  58,  149,  150.   308 
Nathaniel,   58,    116,    147-150, 

207.  273,  308 
Nicholas,  57-59,  116,  271-273, 

308 
William,  176 
Newlin  Township,  Chester  County, 

147-150;  map  of,  149 
Nichol,  Ann,  404 
Nichols,  James,  334 
John,  333,  334 
Nicholson,  James,  100,  373 
John,  367,  393 
Joseph,  294 

Thomas,  86,  87,  411,  412 
William,  294,  295,  425 
Noblet,  Ann,  165,  168 

John,  165,  168 
Norris,  Isaac,  247,  262,  288 

Mary,  262 
Norton,  Edward,  376 

Mary,  376 
Nottingham  Meeting,  156-159 
j  Nowlan,  James,  331 

OATHS,  testimony  against,  a  cause 
of  emigration,  44 
Oborn,  Susanna,  322 
I  Ogden,  Jonathan,  315 
1  O'Hara  Brook,  429 
jO'Heil,  35 
I  Old  Court  House,  108 
I  Oldest  House  in  Penna.,  115 
i  Oley  Meeting,  see  Exeter 


466 


hidex 


Oliver,  Margaret,  296  I 

Robert,  292 
O'Maghan,  Edward,  313  ' 

O'Mooney  (j« Moony)  family, 34, 354 

Ann,  354 

James,  354  ( 

Neal,  160,  354,  366 

Sarah,  366 
Opequan  Meeting,  j«  Hopewell 
Organization   of    Quakerism   in  Ire- 
land, 27 
Origin  of  Irish  Friends,  32-37 
Orrery,  Earl  of,  26 
Outfit  of  Farm,  198 
Owen,  Griffith,  130 

John,  324 

Nathaniel,  266,  267 

Philotesia,  266 

Sarah,  318 

Theophilus,  318 

PACKER,  Ann,  419 
Philip,  419 
Pack  horses,  189 
Palmer,  Ann,  377 

John,  377 

Martha,  377 

Mary,  377 

Moses,  334 
Pain  or  Paine,  Hannah,  373 

Thomas,  154,  372 
Painter,  Ann,  337 

Hannah,  337 

Patience,  337 

Thomas,  337 
Panmure,  Earl  of,  238 
Parke  family,  69,  70,  305-306 

Abel,  72 

James  Pemberton,  70 

Jonathan,  72,  305 

Mary,  305,  350 

Rebecca,  351 

Robert,  letter  of,  69-79:93,101, 

305 

Susanna,  305 

Thomas,  69,  153,  305,  336,  35 1 
Parker,  Ann,  387 

Elizabeth,  297 

Thompson,  355 
Parks,  John,  353 

Richard,  286,  353 


Parks,  Susanna,  286 
Parrish,  John,  iSl 
Parrock,  James,  386 
Parvin  family,  351-35  2 

Francis;  no,  339,  340,  35 1 
John,  60,  308 
Thomas,  376 
Passage,  Cost  of,  98-99 
Passmore,  John  A.  M.,  348 
Mary,  212 
William,  287 
Paterson,  Ann,  392 
John,  295 
Katharine,  392 
Robert,  392 
Pearce,   Richard,   of    Limerick,  be- 
comes a  Quaker,  24 
Pearson  {set  Pierson),  Benjamin,  352 
Deborah,  35 1 
Edith,  352 
John,  377 
Lancelot,  410 
Lawrence,  352 
Margaret,  377 
Mary,  352,' 377 
William,  313 
Peckett,  James,  419 
Peckover,   Edmund,  travelling  min- 
ister, 160 
Pedrick,  Elizabeth,  303 
Peel,  John,  2S3, 

Luke,  2S3 
Pemberton,  Israel,  48,  67,  97 

James,  306 
Penn,  Letitia,  127,  128;  j«  Aubrey 
Sir  William,  50 
Thomas,  144,  240 
William,  converted  to  Quaker- 
ism, 27  ;  founder  of  Pennsyl- 
vania,   50-53 ;    his    charter, 
50-51;  his  scheme  of  coloni- 
zation. 51  ;  constitution    and 
laws,  51-52  ;  growth  of  Penn- 
sylvania, 52  ;  his  invitation  to 
emigrants,  52 ;    his   personal 
influence  in  Ireland,  53;  ar- 
rival in  Pennsylvania  in  1682, 
III ;   139,  240 
William,  Jr.,  127,  130 
Pennington,  Edward,  1 27 
Pennock  family,  184 


hidex 


4b7 


Pennock,  Alice,  357 

Christopher,  2 So 

Joseph,    144-145  ;    his    letter, 
145-146;   225,  280,  357,371 

Mar>',  280 

Mary,  357 

Nathaniel,  146 
Pennsylvania    (see  William    Penn), 
inducements  for  immigration 
to,  50-So 
Penrose  family,  2S9 

Abigail,  290 

Amos,  290 

Dorothy,  357 

Hannah,  290,  397 

Jane,  290,  346 

John,  290,  359,  362 

Jonathan,  362 

Mary,  290 

Phebe,  290,  346 

Robert,  350,  357 

Susanna,  290 

Thomas,  290 

William,  169,  362 
Perkinson,  James,  233,  234,  235 
Persecutions,  25-27 
Pettard,  Humphrey,  361,  407 
Pettitt,  Benjamin,  346 
Pha}Te,  Colonel,  Governor  of  Cork, 

22 
Philadelphia  Meeting,  107-109 
Phillips  family,  406 

Charles,  168 

Henry,  417 

Jane,  422 

Mrs.  Annie,  396 
Phoenixville,     foimded      by      Irish 

Quakers,  154 
Physicians'  charges,  217 
Pidgen  or  Pidgeon,  Charles,  1 74 

Isaac,  364 

Joseph,  262 

Mary,  262 

William,  85 
Pierce,  Ann,  404 

Caleb,  228 

Henry,  1 28 

Jacob,  2S7 
Pierson,  Rose,  320 

Thomas,  119,  320 
Piercy,  Richard,  250 


Pikeland  Township,  150-152 
Pike  fam-ly,  150 

Anne,  151 

Benjamin,  151 

Ebenezer,  151-341 

Elizabeth,  150-15 1,  152 

Joseph,  of  Cork,  owner  of  New- 
lin  Township,  150 ;  life  of, 
150-151 

Mary,  15 1,  see  Beale 

Rachel,   151 

Richard,  150-15 1,  152,  153 

Samuel,  151 

Sarah,  1 51 
Pillar,  James,   S4,  85,   86,  S7,   98, 

366,  411,  412,  420 

Man',  86,  87,  411,  412 

William,  171,  380 
Pim  family,  372-375 

Elizabeth,  393 

Hannah,  326 

John,  of  Belfast,  J.  P.,  35,  280 

Richard,  153 

Susanna,  393 

Thomas,  153 

Tobias,  393 

William,  100,  153,  199,  201 
Pittendorff,  Susanna,  396 
Places   in    Ireland   whence   Friends 

came,  81-82 
Places  of  embarking  and  landing,  S9 
Places  of  settlement,  105-106 
Plantations   of  Queen    ^Iary,    7 ;   of 

James  I.,  7  ;  of  Charles  I.,  8  ; 

of  Oliver  Cromwell,  10-12 
Pleadnell,  John,  375 

Mary,  372,  374 

Thomas,  375 

.Tobias,  58-59,  375 

William,  372,  374 
Plum,  George,  389 
Plummer,  Dr.,  39S 
Poell,  William.  426 
Polk,  William  W.,  67 
Pope,  Elizabeth,  174 

John,  172,  174,  231 

Samuel,  174 
Porter,  William,  62,   63,   320,  323, 

410 
Potter,  William,  234 
Potts,  Jonathan,  397 


468 


Index 


Poultney,  Benjamin,  306 
Pow,  Mary,  86,  87,  411 
Powell,  Arlhiir,  277 

Elizabeth,  172,  360 

Kvan,  35S 

Hugh,  424 

John,  172 

Joseph,  360 

Mary,  360 

Sarah,  358 

Thomas,  172,  318 
Power,  Mary,  211 
Price,  Elizabeth,  165,  326 

John,  417 

Rachel,  207-208,  324 
Pringle,  Sarah,  345 
Pritchett,  Elizabeth,  318 
Proctor,  Richard,  174 

Sarah,  1 72 
Protestant  workmen  leave    Ireland, 

46 
Prowell,  Ann,  404 
Pugh,  James,  417 
Purdy,  Susanna,  373 

Tliomas,  372 

William,  372 
Pusey,  Caleb,   115,    139,   I43,  211, 

236,  303 
Lydia,  351 
Phebe,  371 
Pyle,  Abigail,  334 

Elizabeth,  309,  316 

Mrs.  Emma  Wickersham,  402 

Hannah,  366 

James,  366 

Mary,  334 

Nicholas,  334 

William,  316 

Quakerism,  Beginnings  of,  3-6 
yuare,  Daniel,  139 
Quarry,    Robert,    leader   of   Church 

Party,  242 
Quarterly  Meeting,  220-221 

O  ACIAL  origin  of  Friends  of  Ire- 


i^     land 


-37 


Radley,  Joseph,  formerly  Head- 
master of  Ulster  Provincial 
School,  34 

Kaford,  Lewis,  431 


Rail,  Hannah,  358 

Rake,  Grace,  385 

Randall,  Samuel,  25S 

Raney,  Sarah,  405 

Rankin,  John,  226 

Raper  or  Roper,  Ann,  372-373 

Christopher,  58,  372-373 
"  Rapparees,"  II,  30 
Rawle,  Francis,  262 
Rea,  Rce,  or  Ray  family,  391 

Ann,  312 

Elinor,  391 

Isabelle,  319 

John,  312,  391 

Margaret,  321,  329 

Mary,  282 

Nicholas,  312,  426 
Read,  Charles,  247 

John,  224 

Sarah,  247 

William,  356 
Redemptioners,   74-75,  77,  99-102, 

228-231 
Reed,  Elizabeth,  347 

Mary,  316 
Rees,  Jane,  420 

John,  413,  420 
Reeves,  John,  loi 

William,  431 
Reford  {^sre  Raford),  Lewis,  230 
Religious  causes  of  emigration,  42- 

46 
Removal,  the  certificate  of,  S4-85 
Rents,   high,  a  cause  of  emigration, 

47 
Reports  favorable  to  Penn'a  returned 
to   Ireland,  by  ministers  and 
others,  M-60  j  by  letters,  60- 
80 
Restrictions  on  manufacture  and  com- 
merce, a  cause  of  emigration, 
46 
I  Revolution  of  1689,  29 
Revolutionary      War,      attitude    of 

Friends  in,  231-235 
Revolutionary  taxes  and  fines,   233- 
I  235 

Reynolds,  Henry,  158,  236 
Richards,  Elizabeth,  323 
I  Thompson,  131 

I  William,  324 


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Kiclinriliion,  Aniic,  li)l 
Alice,  ,JI<; 
('Hlliniinr.    \hU 
Dr.'.td.l 
lilwiiiil,   111"; 
liiiililul,  i()'i;.  tv^ 

Iitiir    M  ,    <>l     Miiyiitluii    IJotl^c, 

Cilfoi.l.   Ilrlilliti,  .15 
Jonatltiin,  Kfi,  ,(1  [ 
Jciliii,   \in 
liiliii  (iriilili,   )| 
l.iiwrriKC,   Kil,  153 
Mnry,  J07,  jdy,  4.ji 

I'ntlrtur,   a(>7 

Ki.l.ni.   ),(K 

Willii j(j(i 

KidHc,  Alirc,  yji 

I'riuu'lfi,  26(1 
Kilcy,  TliniiriH,  165 
Kiiliinsoii  fiiiiiily,   (1$ 

(  iilliiitiiir,  215 

l''li-ni)iir,  J4J 

I'li/iilirlli,  93,  3K9 

liiiiK  iH,  1)3,  3K1),  3<;o 

••i"H:<-,  315,   \\i 

Jdliii,  305 

IdHriili,  \il 

I'litru'k,  2K1,   \,V,i) 

Kclicccii,  3^4,  342 

KiiIk'iI,  40K,  401) 

VVilljiini,  2  (II,    ii>5,  306 
KdliCMiti,  Anilirw,  2H1 
Kuliiuin  liiiiiily,  y\2 

('iiliiiiiinc,  322 

I-riii.(i»,  86;  313,  319,  320,  392, 
411 

Jni<il>,  323 

)"'"'.  J23,  394 

KiKli,  36(< 
Kolicilii,  Aiiiic,  264 

Aulircy,  42" 

Ivli/lllirlll,  370 

I  liiriiiuli,  278 

J«"e.  393 

ir>lin,  370 
Inry,  2<>4 
Kohetl,  287,  393 
KoKrr,  2<i\ 
Kiilli,  420 
Sariili,  370,  393 
Kocliford,  l;ciiiii«,  54,  III,  378-279 


KiK'lir<ir<l,  (irnce,  279 

Miiry,  27c) 

Willlnm,  .-78 
KnUpni,  Anilii-w,  1(18 

(liilnly,  4(11),  4IU 

l''li/iilirlli,  151,  399,  4<>y 

t'liinii'i,   151 

I  Miller.  41(1 

|<iliri,  4(>i>,  4  lo 

Krhr<'i.-n,  1(18 

l'r(rr,  410 
Uoiikr,  (iniiKr,  79,  396 

'i'huiimH,  290 
KoMr,  Jtunrn,  30! 

|<iliii,    (ni 

Diiiiniti,  301 
Kinn  liiniily,  3114 

AlrHHiiiIrr,  178,  304 

AihIicw,  J31; 

I  >r.   I  liiiiiilloii,  43a 

Kil  liiiiil,  402 
Kolhr,  I'.li/nlii'lli,  432 

Kil  liaiil,  432 
Kowiiti,  W'llliitiii,  ij!4 
Kiiwliiiiil,     Miiiy,     l|l,     132,     133, 

'M 

Kmlii-I,  SSS 
Kiilli,  32(1 
'I  lioinnii,  333 
Kiidiliiik,  I'ili/iiliclli,  lUx 
Siiinli,  174 

KlIllKrll  fiiliiilv,  (14,  371) 

Aiiiiii,  289 

i'illr.iilictli,  393 

(JrrKory,  331 

loliii,  292,  331,  jOy,  370 

Mnry,  292 

MIrllllrl,   139 

Siinuiinit,  292 
Kullril|{i-,  Williiiiii,    133,  133 
Kiilly,    lir.    Jiiliii,  /2i     IiI«'MS.    of 
I\i\e    ttiul     /'iii^^teit     of    tltr 
t,>iiiikrri  ill  /itliiiiJ,  280 
Kutlcr,  SniriucI,  376 

CADSIIUKY  MrrllfiH.  l'''l 
'-^     Siiiliiliiiiy  Miiiillily  Mrcllii|{,  162 
Snillt-r,  Kirliiiril,  174 
Hiilkriil,  Jiiliii,  iiiiiiinlcr,  219 
ShikIIiiiiii,    l.lciiliiiniit    Kiiljcrt,   liO' 
coincn  It  (.liiukcr,  30 


470 


Iiide^. 


Sandwith,  Elizabeth,  294 

Samuel,  293 

Sarah,  294 

William,  293,  294,  388 
Sarson,  I'rancis,  393 
Saul,  John,  303 
Scarlett,  Phebc,  337 
Schofield,  Joseph  L.,  370 
Schools,  235 

Scotch  country  of  Ireland,  34 
Scotch-Irish  Friends,  35-36 
Scotch-Irish  squatters  in  Faggs  Man- 
or, Chester  County,  145 
Scott,  John,  425 
Seal,  Joseph,  164 

Theodate,  164,  165 
Seale,  Hindrance,  393 
Seaton,    Alexander,   a   Scotch- Irish 
Friend,  36,  360 

Ruth,  356,  360 
Sedgwick,  Marj',  371 
Selection  of  land  affected  by  ties  of 

kin  and  friendship,  189 
Selford,  Robert,  loi 
Servants,  Indented,  see  Redemption- 

crs 
Settlement,  Cromwellian,  10-12 
Settlement,  Places  of,  105-116 
Shackamaxon  Meeting,  107 
Shanks,  Thomas,  234 

Shank,  ,  235 

Sharmon,  Robert,  66 
Sharp  family,  179,  333-335 

Anthony,  383,  384,  385 

Isaac,  385 

James,  296 

John,   132,   133,  134,  136,  333, 
402 

Joseph,    131,    132,     133,     124, 
142,  229,  325,  329 

Mary,  296 

Samuel,  142 

Thomas,  383-384 
Shar])less,  Abraham,  351 

William,  334 
Sharply,  Abigail,  119 

Adam,  1 19 

Ijenjamin,  1 19 

Charily,  119 

Rachel,  119 

Ralph,  1 19 


Sharply,  William,  119 
Shaw,  Hannah,  408 

James,  354 

John,  398 

Martha,  330,  354 

Moses,  295 

Samuel,  354 
Sheldon,  Elea/.er,  393 
Shepherd  or  Sheppard  family,  358- 

359 

Benjamin,  372 

Jane,  174 

John,  174,  183-184,  358,  372 

Mary,  372 

Richmunday,  172,  174 

Solomon,    176,    183,   35S,  359, 
361,  372,  399 

Thomas,  372 

William,  174,  372 
Shewin,  liarbara,  316 
Shipley,  William,  121 
Shippen,  Ann,  245-247 

Eldward,  245-247 
Sicklemore,  Captain  James,  becomes 

a  Quaker,  20 ;   24 
Siddall,  Adam,  405 
Siddon,  Ezekiel,  277 
Sidj;wick,  Mary,  369 
Sidwell,  Job,  377 
Sietman,  Cierlrude,  395 
Simcock,  145 

John,  115 
Simpson,  George,  314 
Sinton,  Jacob,  367,  427 

Sarah,  427 

William,  427 
Shars;lt,  ship,  69,  04,  95 
Skull',  Edward,  2S2 
Sleigh,  Joseph,  307 
Sleight,  Joseph,  353 
Sloan,  Ann,  86,  87,  41 1,  412 
Sloss,  Elizabeth,  402 
Slycer,  Thomas,  424 
Small  Capital  of  Immigrants,  188 
Smallwood,  Joseph,  256 

Sarah,  256 
Smcdley,  Samuel  L. ,  64 
Smith  family,  406 

ISaltzer,  402 

Elizabeth,    minister,    visits  Ire- 
land, ig-20 


Index 


47i 


Smith,  Francis,  12S 

James,  161,  345,  360,  427 

Jane,  360 

John,  of  Burlington,  N.  J.,  1 43, 

247 

John  Jay,  247 

John,  of  Chester  County,  211 

John,  228-237,  335,  345 

Katharine,  345 

Lydia,  335 

Margaret,  326 

Mary,  345,  429 

Rebecca,  367,  427 

Robert,  360,  421 

Rose,  345 

Samuel,  the  historian,  I26 

Sarah,  295 
Snowcroft,  Adam,  295 

Ann,  295 
Social  Intercourse,  208 
Social    Life   of   the    Irish    Quakers, 

1S6-236 
Softly,  Fergus,  313,  408,  409 
Southward  movement  of  Quakerism 

from  Pennsylvania,  177-179 
Spangler,  Rudolph  or  Rudy,  silver- 
smith, of  York,  202 
Spencer,  Nathan,  373 
Spicer,  Mary,  386 

Samuel,   386 
Spotswood,  Andrew,  431 
Squire,  Thomas,  393 
Squibb,  Mary  Ann,  404 
Staise,  Michael,  313 
Stalford,  Thomas,  390 
Stalker,  Hugh,  306 
Stamper,  Bridget,  317 

Hugh,  313,  317 

Judith,  317 
Stanfield  family,  179 

Jane,  356 

Samuel,  356 
Stanford,  Margaret,  14,  393 

Thomas,   14,  393 
Stanhope,  Sir  John,  374 
Starky,  Catharine,  309 

Nicholas,  393 

Thomas,  3.S4 
Starr  family,  179,  32S-329 

Ann,  348 

Deborah,  211,  309,  341 


Starr,  Isaac,  334,  339,  352 

James,   64,   65,   131,  132,  133, 

«36.  137,  139,  142,154,155. 
195,  196,   211,  236,  394 
Jeremiah,    1 42,    211,    236,  341, 

34S,  350,  Z(>o,  369 

John,  340 

Mary,  334,  352 

Merrick,  352 

Moses,  65,    109-110,   155,  341 

Phebe,  352 

Rebecca,  211,  304,   348,  349 
Statistics  of  migration,  81-82 

of  settlement,  lo6 
Steady,  William,  324 
Stedman,  Joseph,  115 
Stedham,  Elizabeth,  363 
Steel,  James,  of  land  office,  145 
Steer  family,  178,  179,364-365 

Catharine,  295,  366 

Isaac,  160,  228,  295,  364 

Joseph,  353 

John,  160,  228,  354 

Mary,   295 

Nicholas,  160-161,  171,  378 

Richard,  295 

Ruth,  295,  364 
"Stenton,"   home  of  James  Logan, 

243 
Stephens,  Guian,  281 
Stephenson,  James,  298 

John,  298 
Sterling,  Jane,  371,  378 

John,  399 
Stevenson,  Elizabeth,  174 

James,  425 
Stewart,  Alexander,  322 

Charlotte,  397 

John,  sea  captain,  92 

Mary,  322 
Steyningor  Stenning,  Manor  of,  127- 

I30>  132 

Stockdale,  Jane,  270 
Ruth,  270 

William,   119,    281  ;   sketch  of, 
267-271 

Stoding,    Major,   Governor   of   Kin- 
sale,  22 

Story,  Thomas,  visits  Ireland  in  1716, 
36,  246-247 

Strangman,  Mary,  393 


472 


Index 


Strettell  family,  263-264 

Amos,  218,  263,   264,  266,  267 

Ann,  267 

Experience,  263 

Frances,  267 

Hugh,  263 

John,  267 

Mary,   263 

Robert,  sketch  of,  263-267 

Susanna,  431,  432 

Thomas,  263 
Strickland,  Miles,  290 

Thomas,  300 
Stroud,  Elizabeth,  315 
Suffering  of  Friends  in  Ireland,  sta- 
tistics of,  44 
Swarthmore  Hall,  22-23 
Swayne,  Francis,  211 
Sweethen  family,  425 
Swett,  lienjamin,  120 
Swinney,  Miles,  353 

"pAGART,  John,  297 
A       Mary,  297 
Talbot,  Colonel,  316 
Tanger,  Agnes,  396 
Tanner,  John,  282 

Margaret,  334 

William,  134 
Tarbut,  Allen,  170 
Tate,  Katharine,  314 
Taylor,  Abiah,  306 

Bayard,  347 

Deborah,  306 

Dr.,  217 

Frances,  96 

Henry,  420 

Isaac,  deputy  surveyor  of  Chester 
County,  141,  217 

James,  354 

Jane,  404 

John,  surveyor,  131,  145 

Joseph,  404 

William,  290,  337,  420 

Philip,  314 
Temple,  Sir  John,  374 
Temporary    Home     near     Landing 

Place,  188 
Thackara  family,  387 

Esther,  382 

Thomas,  382,  383,  384,  387 


Thelwall,  Jennet,  420 
Thirkeld,  John,  410 
Thomas,  Eli,  397 

Elizabeth,  420 

Hannah,  420 

John,  132,  133,  170,  404 

Jonah,  170 

Rachel,  397 

Richard,  420 
Thompson,  Ann,  384 

Capt.  Thomas,  431 

Edward,  303 

Edward,  329 

Israel,  86,  87,  411,  412 

James,  316 

Ralph,  149,  150 

Robert,  420 
Thombury,  Edward,  34I 
Thome,  Dorothy,  291 
Thorton,  Joseph,  77 

Samuel,  77 
Threwecks,  Robert,  lOI 
Thwayts,  Judith,  307 
Tiffin,     John,    minister,    visits    Ire- 
land, 17 
Tithes  and  other  ecclesiastical  dues, 

causes  of  emigration,  43 
Todd,  Ann,  336 

Deborah,    331 

John,  331,  336 
Tomlinson,  William,  340 
Too,  John,  327 
Toppcn,  Thomaz,  317 
Tough,  James,  425 
Toughkenamon  Hill  line,  132-133 
Toughkenamon,  origin  of  name,  134 
Toulerton,  Thomas  425 
Townsend,  Richard,  112 
Trafford,  Thomas,  27S,  385 
Trimble  or  Tremble  family,  377 

James,  37 1 

Joseph,  377 

William,  310 
Trotter,  Peg,  94 
Truman,  John,  349 

Ruth,  302 

'Iliomas,  349 

William,  349 
Turner,  Abraham,  261 

Ann,  292 

Elizabeth,  261,  292 


Index 


473 


Turner,  Jacob,  292 
Jane,  292 
John,  292 
Lucy,  292 

Martha,  lol,  260,  261 
Mary,  257,  261,  281,  364 
Robert,  53,  54,  55,  60;  his  re- 

demptioners,   101  ;    wardrobe 

of,  204 ;  sketch  of,  257-262; 

277,  279,  281,  307,  312 
Samuel,  292 
Sarah,  292 
Thomas,  292 
Tyler,  Catherine,  316 
Tyrconnel,   Earl   of,  becomes    Lord 

Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  28 

UNDERWOOD,  Alexander,   168, 
172,  174,  402,  406,  419 

Elihu,  41S,  419 

Jane,  172 

John,  402 

Olive,  172 

Richard,  172 

Ruth,  172,  402 

Samuel,  1 68 

Sarah,  174,  402,  419 

William,  168,  169,  172,  402 
Unthank,  Samuel,  409 
Updegraff,  Harman,  177 

Joseph,  177 

Mary,  335 

VALE,  John,  404 
Robert,  402,  404,  422 
Sarah,  404 
William,  404 
Valentine  family,  350-351 
John,  72 
Mary,  69,  70,  79 
Robert,  154,  1 55,  281 
Thomas,  67,   70,   98,   79,   1 54, 

350 
Vance,  Elizabeth,  376 

William,  86,  87,  376,  411,  416, 
426 
Varman  family,  353 

Abigail,  353,  365 

Grace,  365 

Hattiel,  160,  161,  343,  353,  365 

Henry,  353 

Mary,  343,  344 


Vaston,  John,  309 
Vendues,  224 
Verner,  David,  29I 

Samuel,  291 
Vernon,  Randall,  1 15 

Robert,  115 

Thomas,  1 15 
Vessel,  A  favorite,  94 
Vest,  John,  281 
Vickers,  Mary,  302 
Virginia,  Irish  Friends  in,  42 
Voyage,  Dangers  of,  92-93 

WAANKIN  Anne,  168 
Wade,  Robert,  IIO,  III,  1 13 

Wainhouse,  Martha,  75,  330,  338 
Wainwright,  Thomas,  393,  410 
Walby,  John,  292 

Susanna,  292 
Walhay,  Ruth,   397 
Walker,  Benjamin,   170,  418,  421 

John,  394,  418 

Mary,  313 

Sarah,  332 

Thomas,  323 
Wallis,  James,  342 
Walter,  John,  326 

Martha,   326 
War,  231-235 
Ward,  Susanna,  402,  419 

Philip,   337 

William,  402 
Warr  or  Ward,  Rebecca,  305 
Warden,  John,  334 
Warming-pan,  199 
Warren,  Elizabeth,  264,  281 

Joshua,  264,  281 

Rev.  J.,  432 

Sarah,  264,  281,  432 

William,  432 
Warrington  Meeting,  168-172 

Monthly  Meeting,  162 
Watson,  Joshua  P.,  40I 

Samuel,  64,  292 

Susanna,  286 
Wastwood,  Julianna,  minister,  visits 

Ireland,  18 
Watts,  Sarah,  277 
Waves  of  Migration,  83 
Way,  Mary,  397,  405 

Moses,  371 


474 


Index 


Way,  Sarah,  325 

Ways  and  Means  of  Migration,  84- 

102 
Welsh,  Susanna,  261 

the  widow,  125 

William,  261 
Welcome,  ship,  III 
Weldin,  Ann,  304 
Wells,  John,  417 
Wethereld  i^iee  Wederall)   Rebecca, 

369 

Robert,  417 
West,  Joseph,  342 
West  Nottingham,  159 
Westward  movement  of  Quakerism, 

177,  iSo-iSs 
\\Tialy,  Ann,  410 

George,  410 
Whartenby,  Elizabeth,  306 
Wexford,  battle  of,  10 
Weaver,  Thomas  Dell,  308 
Weatherby,  John,  392 
Webb  family,  295 

Ann,  366 

Ezekiel,  45,  117 

James,  306 

James,  357 

Richard,  117 

Roger.  3'3.  317.  3«9.  323.  409 

Ruth,  295 

William,  306,  321 
Wederall,  Thomas,  313 
Weddings,  209-2 1 5 
Wheddon,  Elizabeth,  151 

Henrj',  151 
Whinery    family,    184,    345,     346, 
4C0 

Elinor,  426 

John,  426 

Matthew,  425 

Robert,  167,  226,  345 

William,  400 
Wliitaker,  Katharine,  357 

William,  341 
Whitall,  John,  387 
\\Tiite,  John, 54 

Joseph,  3S2 

Robert,  341 

Samuel,  64,  382 
Whitefield,  Alice,  31 1 
Whitehead,  Edward,  174 


Whitsite,     Whitsilt,    or     Whitside, 
Elizabeth,  430 

George,  366 

Jean,  429 

John,    86,    87,    gS,    362,    366, 
411,  412 

Joseph,  365,  432 

Mary,  366 

Susanna,  431 

William,   316,   326,    393,  394, 
420,  431 
Whitten,  William,  329 
Wicklow,  Hannah,  426 
Wickersham,  Abner,  404 

Alice,  211 

Edward,  J.,  404 

Jesse,  167 

John,  404 

Lydia,  404 

Richard,  168, 419 

Susanna,  404 

Thomas,  126,  21 1 

William,  366 
Widdos,  Abraham,  309 
Wierman,  Gertrude,  172,395 

Hannah,  172,  395 

Henry,  172 

John, 172 

Mar)',  397 

Nicholas,  172 

Phebe,  395 

Priscilla,  172,  174 

Sarah,  172,  174 

Susan,  397 

William,  172,  395 
Wigs,  203-204 
Wight,   Rice,  22 

Thomas,    first   historian  of  the 
Irish  Quakers,  93,   284 
Wilcocks,  Issachar,  296 

Sarah,  296 
Wild  Animals,  207 
Wildman,  Joseph,  348 

Mary,  348 
Wilkinson  family,  370-371,  373 

Ann,  319,  370 

Elizabeth,  171,  348,  371 

Evan,  154,  370 

Francis,    154.    171,    230,    370, 

373.  430.  432 
James,  373 


Index 


475 


Wilkinson,  Joseph,  154,  371 

Mary,  430 

Ruth,  299 

William,  230,  394,  430,  432 

Thomas,  171,  311,  393 

Samuel,  97,  160,  230,  377,  394 
Wily  or  Wiley,  Abigail,  211,  339 

Ann,  289,  339 

Allen,  332 

Hannah,  334 

Jane,  332,  347 

John,   132,  133,  135,  136,  211, 

332.  zzz.  341 

Joseph,  211,  340 

Martha,  211 

Mary,  209,  212,  341 

Robert,  332 

Sarah,  339 

Thomas,  332 

William,  332,  334,  339,  394 
Williams  family,  424 

Alice,  313 

Anne,  378 

Daniel,  235,  314 

Enion,  424 

Jacob,  169 

John,  410,  424 

Joseph,  349 

Martha,  349 

William,  313,  420 

Zacharias,  37S 
Williamson,  Alice,  409 

John,  425,  427 

Sarah,  318,  427 

William,  409,  426 
Willis,  Betty,  331 

Elizabeth,  3S5 

Henry,  331,  385 

William,  177 
Wills,  James,  397 

Judge  David,  397 

Ruth  (j,?£' Walhay),  397 
Wilmington   Meeting,   ?.nd  Monthly 

Meeting,  121-122 
Wilson  family,  178,  310-311,397 

Alice,  397 

Christopher,  124,  333 

Esther,  333 

George,  176,  310 

Helen  Gertrude,  433 

John,   174,  282,  310,  360,  410 


Wilson,  Joseph,  433 

Mary,  282 

Margaret,  348 

Michael,  174 

Robert,  353 

Ruth,  310 

William,  167 

Thomas,  85,  171,  341,  369,  379 
Winder,  Elizabeth,  381 
Windle,  Anne,  357 

Francis,  357 

Mary,  357 
Winter,  Daniel,  174,  176,  379 

John,  425 

Mary,  361 
Witherow,  John,  233 
Wolf,  Paul,  282 
WoUaston,  Ann,  324 

Joshua,  324 
WoUsy,  Ellen,  410 
Women,  Work  of,  on  Farm,  206 
Wood,  Elizabeth,  387 

Ellen,  290 

James,  301 

Jonathan,  3S2 

Joseph,  290 

Mary,  174 

Richmunday,  372 

Sarah,  290 
Woodcock,  Robert,  292 

Ruth,  302 
Woodrow,  Simon,  41 7 
Woodward,  John,  334 

Esther,  333 
Work  on  Farm,  205-206 
Worrall,  Peter,  165 
Worrilow,  Marj',  308 
Worsley,  Daniel,  236 

Sarah,  2IO,  211 
Worthington,  Robert,  303 

Samuel,  303 
Wright  family  of  Adams  Co.,  Pa., 
350,  394-398 

Alice,  311,  313 

Ann,  352,  391 

Benjamin,  352 

Elizabeth,  174,  31 1,  381 

Hannah,  340 

Isaac,  352 

Jacob,  335 

James,  210 


476 


hidex 


Wright,  Jane,  391 
Joel,  399 
John,   162,  174,  176,  227,  311, 

313.  331.  335,  394 
Judith,  346 
Mark,  307,  312,  313,  320,  323, 

350.  391 
Mary,  277,  331 
Nathan,  174 
Patience,  335 
Rowland,  350 
Sarah,  311,  405 
Sismore,  350,  356 
William,  174 
Wynne,  Thomas,  278 


Yamall,   Peter,   travelling  minister, 
1S4 

Phebc,  399 

Rachel,  212 
Yearly  Meeting,  221 
Yearsley,  Elizabeth,  314 

John,  314 
York  County,  162-177 

Meeting,  176-177 
Young,  Jane,  1 74 

William,  174 
Youngblod,  Jacob,  165 
Yuruns,  Alexander,  390 
Zane  family,  385 

Robert,  383,  38s,  386 


Errata  and  Addenda  47; 


ERR\TA  AND  ADDENDA 

Pages  32-33.  John  Folhergill,  a  Quaker  minister  of  Yorkshire,  notes  in 
his_/<)ttrn<j/that  in  I724he  "  went  toCoothill  .  .  .  and  lodged  with  Terrence 
Cayle,  who  with  his  Wife  are  of  the  native  Irish,  yet  had  received  the  Knowl- 
edge of  the  Truth  [of  Quakerism]  in  the  love  of  it,  and  I  hope  will  continue 
to  grow  therein." — Page  211,  Journal  of  John  Fothergill,  London,  1753. 

Page  89.     Line  19,  /7j6,  not  /76J. 

Page  no.     Line  2,  in,  not  into. 

Page  164.     Footnote  2,  line  2,  Robert,  not  Rodbert. 

Page  171.      Footnote,  for  ancestor  renA  probably  an  ancestor. 

Page  173.  Footnote  4.  Menallen  was  doubtless  so  named  by  the  early 
Irish  Quaker  settlers  at  that  place  in  memory  of  Monallen  (Edmundson, 
Journal,  28S  ;  Siory,  Journal,  5jS)»  riow  called  Moyallon  Meeting,  in 
County  Down,  Ireland. 

Page  176.     Line  I,  after  Assembly,  a  comma,  not  a  period. 

Page  211.     Second  column  of  signers,  fifth  name,  Ruti,  not  RntA. 

P^e  219.     Line  3,  Fothergill,  not  Folhervill. 

Page  240.     Side-note,  7699,  not  i6i)0. 

Page  250.     Last  line,  Fuller,  not  Duller. 

Page  266.      Footnote  2,  next  last  line,  Frances,  not  Francis. 

Page  314.     Footnote  2,  Miss  Margaret  Gilpin,  of  Elkton,  Cecil  Co.,  Md. 

Page  323.      Last  line,  Sharpley,  not  Sharpy. 

Page  327.  Line  II,  John  Miller  and  Mary  Agnew  were  married  in 
1691. — Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  330.  Last  line,  Thomas  Hutton  and  Sarah  Sterky  were  married 
in  1684. — Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  333.  Line  8,  William  Willy  and  Sarah  Hunter  were  married  in 
16S5. — Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

John  Wyly  and  Margaret  Courtney  were  married  in  1690.^ — Ibid. 

Page  343.  Line  2,  Walter  Clark  and  Elizabeth  Haddock  were  married 
in  1690.  —  Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  348.  Line  9,  Eli  Crockett  and  Agnes  Knox  were  married  in  1683. 
—  Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  355.  Line  7,  Thomas  Milhouse  and  Sarah  Perry  were  married  in 
1691. — Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  371.  In  1691,  Francis  Wilkinson  and  Frances  Moore  [daughter 
of  James  Moore,  of  Ballinacree]  were  married  by  Friends'  ceremony. — 
Ulster  Friends'  Records. 

Page  420.  First  signer  to  George  Marsh's  certificate,  Robert  Greer, 
not  Green. 

Page  432.  Line  7,  Frances  Moore  married  Francis  Wilkinson.  (See 
page  371.) 


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